Encroaching
[in'krəutʃiŋ]
Definition
(adj.) gradually intrusive without right or permission; 'we moved back from the encroaching tide'; 'invasive tourists'; 'trespassing hunters' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encroach
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Examples
- Without encroaching on forbidden ground, we may venture to say that there can be no doubt between ourselves of that fact. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He can, in this case, both restore the capital, and pay the interest, without alienating or encroaching upon any other source of revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is a tax which very few people could pay, without encroaching more or less upon their capitals. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I am, perhaps, encroaching upon the next dues, but the winter is likely to be severe, and our poor old people must be helped. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Do not be afraid of my running into any excess, of my encroaching on your privilege of universal good-will. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The stairs were still carpetless, and on the way up to her room she was arrested on the landing by an encroaching tide of soapsuds. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Checker: Melanie