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Word: Encroach
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘obtain unlawfully, seize’; formerly also as incroach): from Old French encrochier ‘seize, fasten upon’, from en- ‘in, on’ + crochier (from croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛnˈkrəʊtʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
intrude on (a person's territory, rights, personal life, etc.)
Short Definition:intrude on
Examples:- rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room
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