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Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Free :: Free (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty..

Purpresture :: Purpresture (n.) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc..

Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..

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.

Accroachment :: Accroachment (n.) An encroachment; usurpation.

Encroachingly :: Encroachingly (adv.) By way of encroachment.

Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.

Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..

Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment..

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..

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..

Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.

Intrude :: Intrude (v. i.) To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another..

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) That which is taken by encroaching on another.

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..

Usurpant :: Usurpant (a.) Usurping; encroaching.

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