Encroach /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr. & vb. n. Encroaching

1. 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.

   No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another.

   Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil.

   Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.

1. Encroachment. [Obs.]