Encroach(n.) Encroachment.
Encroach(v. i.) 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.
Encroached(imp. & p. p.) of Encroach
Encroacher(n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.
Encroaching(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encroach
Encroachingly(adv.) By way of encroachment.
Encroachment(n.) The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
Encroachment(n.) That which is taken by encroaching on another.
Encroachment(n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
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