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in·vade     (ĭn-vād')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing, in·vades

v.   tr.
  1. To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.
  2. To encroach or intrude on; violate: "The principal of the trusts could not be invaded without trustee approval" (Barbara Goldsmith).
  3. To overrun as if by invading; infest: "About 1917 the shipworm invaded the harbor of San Francisco" (Rachel Carson).
  4. To enter and permeate, especially harmfully.

v.   intr.
To make an invasion: "The X-rays showed that the cancer, which had invaded deeply into the chest cavity, was retreating" (Zach Rosen).


[Middle English, from Old French invader, from Latin invādere : in-, in; see in-2 + vādere, to go.]

in·vad'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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