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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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

Encroached :: Encroached (imp. & p. p.) of Encroac.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Flanch :: Flanch (n.) A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.

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..

Encroacher :: Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own..

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

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

Encroach :: Encroach (n.) Encroachment.

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

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