Definition of encroach

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Encroach (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway..

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Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) That which is taken by encroaching on another.
Encroach :: Encroach (n.) Encroachment.
Infringement :: Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass..
Usurpant :: Usurpant (a.) Usurping; encroaching.
Inroad :: Inroad (n.) The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
Sea Wall :: Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea..
Encroached :: Encroached (imp. & p. p.) of Encroac.
Encroach :: Encroach (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway..
Invader :: Invader (n.) One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
Press :: Press (v. i.) To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.
Encroaching :: Encroaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encroac.
Encroacher :: Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc..
Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..
Accroachment :: Accroachment (n.) An encroachment; usurpation.
Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. i.) To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another..
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