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Antonyms for encroaching

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-krohch
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkroʊtʃ

Definition of encroaching

Origin :
  • early 14c., "acquire, get," from Old French encrochier "seize, fasten on, hang on (to), cling (to); hang up, suspend," literally "to catch with a hook," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + croc "hook," from Old Norse krokr "hook" (see crook). Meaning "seize wrongfully" is from c.1400. Sense of "trespass" is first recorded 1530s. Related: Encroached; encroaches; encroaching.
  • verb invade another's property, business
Example sentences :
  • I then placed sentinels to prevent the crowd from encroaching on us.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 » by Abner Doubleday
  • He had no thought of encroaching upon the lands of the Indians, or of erecting any forts in antagonism to them.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • In spite of the headwind, the fire was encroaching forward as well as aft.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • The encroaching British were working their way into every open water in America.
  • Extract from : « All Afloat » by William Wood
  • No encroaching politeness in the act, but kindness, unadorned.
  • Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville
  • He ground his teeth to master this encroaching inebriation of his will and judgment.
  • Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister
  • "Settlers are encroaching on our lands," came the cry from Sacs, Foxes, and Iowas.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
  • They came from the Lias cliffs, undermined by the encroaching sea.
  • Extract from : « Extinct Monsters » by H. N. Hutchinson
  • But I am encroaching on time more valuable than my own, and I, too, have enough to do.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The citizens saw the Italians encroaching upon them at every point.
  • Extract from : « Constantinople » by William Holden Hutton

Synonyms for encroaching

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