преступить

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣстѫпити (prěstǫpiti), compare native переступи́ть (perestupítʹ). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ ступи́ть (stupítʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

преступи́ть (prestupítʹpf (imperfective преступа́ть)

  1. to break, to infringe, to violate (laws, regulations, norms, etc.)
  2. to overstep, to transgress, to trespass

Conjugation