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infringes

infringes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of infringe.

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.

Questions about infringes

What is infringes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Infringes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of infringe.

Words near infringes in the dictionary

  1. infringees
  2. infringement
  3. infringements
  4. infringer
  5. infringers
  6. infringes
  7. infringest
  8. infringeth
  9. infringible
  10. infringing
  11. infringingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infringes (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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