Sekirov Dictionary

encroach

/ɪŋˈkɹəʊtʃ/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 5

verb3

•
To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
- I won’t encroach on your time any longer.
- He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.
To advance gradually beyond due limits.
(no longer used) to seize, appropriate

noun1

•
(rare) Encroachment.
- All that we see, all colours of all shade, By encroach of darkness made? — 1805

forms

encroached · encroaching · encroaches · encroacheth · encroachest

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