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encroach
(mass) | encroach
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encroach
(encz) | encroach,zasahovat Pavel Machek |
Encroach
(gcide) | Encroach \En*croach"\, n.
Encroachment. [Obs.] --South.
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Encroach
(gcide) | Encroach \En*croach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr.
& vb. n. Encroaching.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to
hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F.
accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L.
in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
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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No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or
interfere with the duty and office of another. --South.
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Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil.
--Hooker.
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Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.
--Dryden.
Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
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encroach
(wn) | encroach
v 1: advance beyond the usual limit [syn: encroach,
infringe, impinge]
2: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an
individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" [syn:
impinge, encroach, entrench, trench] |
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encroach upon
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encroacher
(encz) | encroacher, n: |
encroaches
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encroaching
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encroachment
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Encroach
(gcide) | Encroach \En*croach"\, n.
Encroachment. [Obs.] --South.
[1913 Webster]Encroach \En*croach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr.
& vb. n. Encroaching.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to
hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F.
accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L.
in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
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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No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or
interfere with the duty and office of another. --South.
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Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil.
--Hooker.
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Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.
--Dryden.
Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
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Encroached
(gcide) | Encroach \En*croach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr.
& vb. n. Encroaching.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to
hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F.
accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L.
in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
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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No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or
interfere with the duty and office of another. --South.
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Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil.
--Hooker.
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Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.
--Dryden.
Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
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Encroacher
(gcide) | Encroacher \En*croach"er\, n.
One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of,
what is not his own.
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Encroaching
(gcide) | Encroach \En*croach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr.
& vb. n. Encroaching.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to
hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F.
accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L.
in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
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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No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or
interfere with the duty and office of another. --South.
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Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil.
--Hooker.
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Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.
--Dryden.
Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
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Encroachingly
(gcide) | Encroachingly \En*croach"ing*ly\, adv.
By way of encroachment.
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Encroachment
(gcide) | Encroachment \En*croach"ment\, n.
1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights
or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
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An unconstitutional encroachment of military power
on the civil establishment. --Bancroft.
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2. That which is taken by encroaching on another.
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3. (Law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of
another.
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encroach upon
(wn) | encroach upon
v 1: to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new
colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on
your privacy" [syn: intrude on, invade, obtrude upon,
encroach upon] |
encroacher
(wn) | encroacher
n 1: someone who enters by force in order to conquer [syn:
invader, encroacher] |
encroaching
(wn) | encroaching
adj 1: gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we
moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive
tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching(a),
invasive, trespassing(a)] |
encroachment
(wn) | encroachment
n 1: any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an
invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" [syn:
invasion, encroachment, intrusion]
2: entry to another's property without right or permission [syn:
trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion,
usurpation]
3: influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of
American values on European culture" [syn: impingement,
encroachment, impact] |
ENCROACHMENT
(bouvier) | ENCROACHMENT. An unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another;
as, when a man sets his fence beyond his line; in this case the proper
remedy for the party injured is an action of ejectment, or an action of
trespass.
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