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encroachment

[en-krohch-muhnt] Example Sentences Origin

en·croach·ment

[en-krohch-muhnt]
noun
1.
an act or instance of encroaching.
2.
anything taken by encroaching.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English encrochement < Anglo-French. See encroach, -ment

non·en·croach·ment, noun
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Encroachment is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • But it is almost impossible, federal officials concede, to protect them from encroachment.
  • Signs of this encroachment appear all around the world.
  • Results, however, could speak to the effects of human encroachment on animal habitats.
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encroach (ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ)
 
vb (often foll by on or upon)
1.  to intrude gradually, stealthily, or insidiously upon the rights, property, etc, of another
2.  to advance beyond the usual or proper limits
 
[C14: from Old French encrochier to seize, literally: fasten upon with hooks, from en-1 + croc hook, of Germanic origin; see crook]
 
en'croacher
 
n
 
en'croachingly
 
adv
 
en'croachment
 
n

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encroachment
1520s, from encroach + -ment.
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