Encroach

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Encroach Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
    encroach v
  1. advance beyond the usual limit [syn: infringe, impinge]
  2. impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" [syn: impinge, entrench, trench]
Encroach Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    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. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. --South. Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. --Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. --Dryden. Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
Encroach Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Encroach \En*croach"\, n. Encroachment. [Obs.] --South.

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  • Encroachment: Encroachment is a term which implies "advance beyond proper limits," and may have different interpretations depending on the context. ...

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  • Russian laws increasingly encroach on rights of assembly, expression
    MOSCOW, April 24 (UPI) -- Free-speech rights in Russia are increasingly abridged despite constitutional guarantees and Russia's human rights treaties, watchdog groups said. Read more on this news related to 'Encroach'
  • Party cadres encroach on tank’s bund in Pallikaranai
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  • Defense Department becomes a wildlife protector
    The military is working with environmental groups and local governments to create buffer zones around bases where development threatened to encroach on combat training. It's been a conservation boon. Many of the nation's 440 military bases were established in what were once sparsely populated hinterlands where soldiers trained without complaints from neigh Read more on this news related to 'Encroach'

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