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incroach

incroach is the obsolete spelling 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.

See all 4 meanings of encroach

Forms of incroach

third-person singular presentincroaches
present participleincroaching
past participleincroached
pastincroached

Words formed from incroach

Questions about incroach

What is incroach the obsolete spelling of?
Incroach is the obsolete spelling of encroach.

Words near incroach in the dictionary

  1. incrimination
  2. incriminations
  3. incriminator
  4. incriminators
  5. incriminatory
  6. incroach
  7. incroached
  8. incroaches
  9. incroacheth
  10. incroaching
  11. incroachment

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