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ENCROACH, v.i. [Eng. crook.] Primarily, to catch as with a hook. Hence,

1. To enter on the rights and possession of another; to intrude; to take possession of what belongs to another, by gradual advances into his limits or jurisdiction, and usurping a part of his rights or prerogatives; with on. The farmer who runs a fence on his neighbor's land, and incloses a piece with his own, encroaches on his neighbor's property. Men often encroach, in this manner, on the highway. The sea is said to encroach on the land, when it wears it away gradually; and the land encroaches on the sea, when it is extended into it by alluvion. It is important to prevent one branch of government from encroaching on the jurisdiction of another.

2. To creep on gradually without right.

Superstition--a creeping and encroaching evil.

3. To pass the proper bounds, and enter on another's rights.

Exclude th' encroaching cattle from thy ground.
1913 Definition
Encroach (encroach)
v. i.(?)
En*croach"
[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 hoo
  1. 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.

  2. Encroachment.
    [Obs.] South.
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