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infringed

infringed is the simple past and past participle of infringe.

Adjective

infringed (comparative more infringed, superlative most infringed)

  1. Of a treaty, law, right, etc., broken or violated.
  2. Broken in or encroached on.
  3. (dated) Furnished or embellished with a fringe.

Meaning of infringe

Verb

infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)

  1. (transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
    • Near-synonyms: flout, infract
    Synonyms:
    flout, infract
  2. (intransitive) To break in or encroach on something.
    • Near-synonym: impinge
    Synonyms:
    impinge
  3. (dated, transitive) To furnish or embellish with a fringe.

Forms of infringed

comparativemore infringed
superlativemost infringed

Words formed from infringed

Questions about infringed

What does infringed mean?
Infringed means of a treaty, law, right, etc., broken or violated.
What is infringed the simple past and past participle of?
Infringed is the simple past and past participle of infringe.
What part of speech is infringed?
Infringed is an adjective.

Words near infringed in the dictionary

  1. infrigidating
  2. infrigidation
  3. infrigidative
  4. infringe
  5. infringeable
  6. infringed
  7. infringee
  8. infringees
  9. infringement
  10. infringements
  11. infringer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infringed (page history and authors); infringe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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