'Encroach' definitions:
Definition of 'encroach'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Encroach'
From: GCIDE
- Encroach \En*croach"\, n. Encroachment. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Encroach'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. --Dryden.
- Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'encroach'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse a privilege,
- adopt,
- advance upon,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assume,
- barge in,
- bother,
- break bounds,
- break in,
- break in upon,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- butt in,
- charge in,
- come between,
- crash,
- crash in,
- crash the gates,
- creep in,
- crowd in,
- cut in,
- edge in,
- elbow in,
- encroach upon,
- entrench,
- foist in,
- go too far,
- horn,
- horn in,
- impinge,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- inconvenience,
- infiltrate,
- infringe,
- insinuate,
- interfere,
- interlope,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- intrude,
- invade,
- irrupt,
- know no bounds,
- make an inroad,
- make free with,
- obtrude,
- obtrude upon,
- overstep,
- overstep the bounds,
- play God,
- press in,
- presume on,
- presume upon,
- pretend to,
- push in,
- put on,
- put upon,
- rush in,
- seize,
- slink in,
- slip in,
- smash in,
- sneak in,
- squeeze in,
- steal in,
- storm in,
- take a liberty,
- take liberties,
- take over,
- throng in,
- thrust in,
- transgress,
- trench,
- trespass,
- trouble,
- usurp,
- work in,
- worm in