From the time of Galen, however, it has been usual to speak of the life of the body either as proceeding in accordance with nature (Kara Ou6cv, secundum naturam) or as overstepping the bounds of nature (irapa OvQCV, praeter naturam).

A limit is placed on our knowledge of astrophysics which, up to the present time, we have found no means of overstepping.

infringeassaults someone then he is overstepping his rights by infringing on the liberty of another.

overstepping of prograde metamorphic reactions in metapelites from the Bushveld aureole.

overstepping of limits later on in Genesis 11 with the Tower of Babel.