преступать

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣстѫпати (prěstǫpati), сompare native переступа́ть (perestupátʹ). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ ступа́ть (stupátʹ).

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Verb edit

преступа́ть (prestupátʹimpf (perfective преступи́ть)

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

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