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encroaches

encroaches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encroach.

Meaning of encroach

Verb

encroach (third-person singular simple present encroaches, present participle encroaching, simple past and past participle encroached)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to seize, appropriate
  2. (intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
    • [D]rowſie drouping Age, / incroaching on apace, / With penſiue Plough will raze your hue / and Beauties beames deface.1567, George Turbervil[l]e, “The Louer Exhorteth His Ladie to Take Time, while Time is”, in Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets, with a Discourse of the Friendly Affections of Tymetes to Pyndara...
    Synonyms:
    infringe, poach
  3. (intransitive) To advance gradually beyond due limits.

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Questions about encroaches

What is encroaches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Encroaches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encroach.

Words near encroaches in the dictionary

  1. encroach
  2. encroachable
  3. encroached
  4. encroacher
  5. encroachers
  6. encroaches
  7. encroachest
  8. encroacheth
  9. encroaching
  10. encroachingly
  11. encroachment

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