What does encroach mean?
Definitions for encroach
ɛnˈkroʊtʃen·croach
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word encroach.
Princeton's WordNet
encroach, infringe, impingeverb
advance beyond the usual limit
impinge, encroach, entrench, trenchverb
impinge or infringe upon
"This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
Wiktionary
encroachnoun
Encroachment.
encroachverb
to seize, appropriate
encroachverb
to intrude unrightfully on someone else's rights or territory
encroachverb
to advance gradually beyond due limits
Etymology: From encrochier, from en- + croc.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ENCROACHverb
Etymology: accrocher, from croc, a hook, Fr.
Those Irish captains of countries have encroached upon the queen’s freeholders and tenants. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
The superstition that riseth voluntarily, and by degrees mingleth itself with the rites, even of every divine service, done to the only true God, must be considered of as a creeping and encroaching evil. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 3.
This hour is mine; if for the next I care, I grow too wide,
And do encroach upon death’s side. George Herbert.They fabled how the serpent, whom they call’d
Ophion, with Eurynome, the wide
Encroaching Eve perhaps, had first the rule
Of high Olympus. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 582.Th’ encroaching ill you early should oppose;
Flatter’d, ’tis worse, and by indulgence grows. Dryden.Next, fenc’d with hedges and deep ditches round,
Exclude th’ encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.Tisiphone, let loose from under ground,
Before her drives diseases and affright;
And every moment rises to the sight,
Aspiring to the skies, encroaching on the light. Dryden.
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encroach
To encroach means to gradually intrude on or trespass upon the rights, property, or territory of others without permission. It involves slowly and subtly taking over or advancing beyond the usually accepted boundaries.
Webster Dictionary
Encroachverb
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
Encroachnoun
encroachment
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Encroach
en-krōch′, v.i. to seize on the rights of others: to intrude: to trespass.—n. Encroach′er.—adv. Encroach′ingly.—n. Encroach′ment, act of encroaching: that which is taken by encroaching. [O. Fr. encrochier, to seize—en-, and croc, a hook.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of encroach in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of encroach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of encroach in a Sentence
Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas:
A blame-game against our country is starting, that, based on the new agreement we will encroach on human rights, i assure you – and I believe this will relieve everyone – that we will strictly adhere to human rights procedures as stipulated by international law and the Geneva Convention.
Flooding with the Saluda River is always an area of concern and we have had times when it did start to encroach our perimeter.
We have nothing to do with them, though sometimes we have an agreement not to encroach on an area, we are the real opposition to the regime, but first we must fight the terror groups.
Missourians’ and Americans’ Second Amendment rights are enshrined in the Constitution – I will defend those rights at every turn, our letter to Biden’s Department of Justice sends a clear message: we will fight any attempts from the federal government to encroach on Missourians’ Second Amendment rights.
We will provide protection firmly and by all means. The key here is the capabilities of the Navy, which is able to respond with lightning speed to anyone who decides to encroach on our sovereignty and freedom.
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- يختلس, تجاوزArabic
- навлизам незаконноBulgarian
- ocupar, envair, usurparCatalan, Valencian
- zasahovatCzech
- krænkeDanish
- ausdehnen, eingreifenGerman
- επεμβαίνω, επεκτείνομαιGreek
- inmiscuirseSpanish
- دست درازی کردنPersian
- tunkeutuaFinnish
- empiéterFrench
- अतिक्रमण करनाHindi
- invadereItalian
- 侵入Japanese
- 침입Korean
- aurara, autaMāori
- binnendringenDutch
- naruszaćPolish
- invadirPortuguese
- вторгнуться, покушаться, вторгаться, посягать, посягнутьRussian
- inkräktaSwedish
- 侵占Chinese
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