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Invader :: Invader (n.) One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.

Encroaching :: Encroaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encroac.

Infringe :: Infringe (v. i.) To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another..

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

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..

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

Intrench :: Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown..

Infringement :: Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass..

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

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.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

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

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..

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

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

Sea Wall :: Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea..

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..

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

Encroach :: Encroach (n.) Encroachment.

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

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