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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.
- Encroach - n. - Encroachment.
- Encroached - imp. & p. p. - of Encroach
- Encroacher - n. - One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.
- Encroaching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Encroach
- Encroachingly - adv. - By way of encroachment.
- Encroachment - n. - The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
- Encroachment - n. - That which is taken by encroaching on another.
- Encroachment - n. - An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
- 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.
- Invade - v. t. - To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.