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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Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..
Inroad :: Inroad (n.) The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..
Encroach :: Encroach (n.) Encroachment.
Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.
Accroachment :: Accroachment (n.) An encroachment; usurpation.
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..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. i.) To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights 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..
Encroachingly :: Encroachingly (adv.) By way of encroachment.
Usurp :: Usurp (v. i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper..
Encroached :: Encroached (imp. & p. p.) of Encroac.
Flanch :: Flanch (n.) A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.
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..
Invader :: Invader (n.) One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
Encroacher :: Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own..
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..
Infringement :: Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass..
Usurpant :: Usurpant (a.) Usurping; encroaching.
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