English-Thai Dictionary

encroach

VT ละเมิด สิทธิ  บุกรุก  ล่วงล้ำ  intrude invade trespass la-mod-sid

 

encroach on

PHRV รุกล้ำ  ยื่น เข้าไป  บุกรุก  encroach upon ruk-lam

 

encroach upon

PHRV รุกล้ำ  ยื่น เข้าไป  บุกรุก  encroach on ruk-lam

 

encroacher

N ผู้บุกรุก 

 

encroachment

N การ บุกรุก  การ ละลาบละล้วง  การ ละเมิด สิทธิ  การรุกล้ำ  intrusion trespass violation kan-buk-ruk

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENCROACH

v.i.[Eng. crook. ] Primarily, to catch as with a hook. Hence, 1. To enter on the rights and possession of another; to intrude; to take possession of what belongs to another, by gradual advances into his limits or jurisdiction, and usurping a part of his rights or prerogatives; with on. The farmer who runs a fence on his neighbor's land, and incloses a piece with his own, encroaches on his neighbor's property. Men often encroach, in this manner, on the highway. The sea is said to encroach on the land, when it wears it away gradually; and the land encroaches on the sea, when it is extended into it by alluvion. It is important to prevent one branch of government from encroaching on the jurisdiction of another.
2. To creep on gradually without right.
Superstition--a creeping and encroaching evil.
3. To pass the proper bounds, and enter on another's rights.
Exclude th' encroaching cattle from thy ground.

 

ENCROACHER

n.One who enters on and takes possession of what is not his own, by gradual steps. 1. One who makes gradual advances beyond his rights.

 

ENCROACHING

ppr. Entering on and taking possession of what belongs to another.

 

ENCROACHING

a.Tending or apt to encroach. The encroaching spirit of power.

 

ENCROACHINGLY

adv. By way of encroachment.

 

ENCROACHMENT

n.The entering gradually on the rights or possessions of another, and taking possession; unlawful intrusion; advance into the territories or jurisdiction of another, by silent means, or without right. 1. That which is taken by encroaching on another.
2. In law, if a tenant owes two shillings rent service to the lord, and the lord takes three, it is an encroachment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCROACH

En *croach ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr. & vb. n.Encroaching. ] Etym: [OF. encrochier to perch, prop. , to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach ); pref. en- (L. in ) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach. ]

 

Defn: 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. South. Superstition, ... a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.

 

ENCROACH

ENCROACH En *croach ", n.

 

Defn: Encroachment. [Obs. ] South.

 

ENCROACHER

ENCROACHER En *croach "er, n.

 

Defn: One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

 

ENCROACHINGLY

ENCROACHINGLY En *croach "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By way of encroachment.

 

ENCROACHMENT

ENCROACHMENT En *croach "ment, n.

 

1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.

 

2. That which is taken by encroaching on another.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

encroach

en croach |enˈkrōCH ɪnˈkroʊtʃ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. encroach on /upon ) intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right ): rather than encroach on his privacy, she might have kept to her room. • advance gradually beyond usual or acceptable limits: the sea has encroached all around the coast. DERIVATIVES en croach er noun ORIGIN 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 ).

 

encroachment

en croach ment |enˈkrōCHmənt | ▶noun 1 intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.: minor encroachments on our individual liberties. • a gradual advance beyond usual or acceptable limits: urban encroachment of habitat. 2 Football a penalty in which a defensive player is positioned in the neutral zone at the start of a play.

 

Oxford Dictionary

encroach

en |croach |ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ, ɛn- | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. encroach on /upon ) intrude on (a person's territory, rights, personal life, etc. ): rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room. • advance gradually beyond usual or acceptable limits: the sea has encroached all round the coast. DERIVATIVES encroacher noun ORIGIN 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 ).

 

encroachment

en |croach |ment |ɛŋˈkrəʊtʃm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.: minor encroachments on our individual liberties. • a gradual advance beyond usual or acceptable limits: urban encroachment of habitat.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

encroach

encroach verb she didn't want to encroach on his privacy: intrude on, trespass on, impinge on, obtrude on, impose oneself on, invade, infiltrate, interrupt, infringe on, violate, interfere with, disturb; informal horn in on, muscle in on; archaic entrench on.

 

encroachment

encroachment noun the encroachment on their territory: intrusion on, trespass on, invasion of, infiltration of, incursion into, appropriation of; infringement of, impingement on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

encroach

encroach verb she didn't want to encroach on his privacy: intrude, trespass, impinge, butt in, barge in, cut in, obtrude, impose oneself; invade, infiltrate, interrupt, infringe, violate, interfere with, disturb, disrupt; tread on someone's toes, step on someone's toes; informal gatecrash, horn in on, muscle in on, invade someone's space; archaic entrench on.

 

encroachment

encroachment noun I resisted even the slightest encroachment on my territory: intrusion into, trespass on, invasion of, infiltration of, incursion into, obtrusion into, overrunning of, usurping of, appropriation of; infringement of, impingement on, impinging on.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

encroach

en croach /ɪnkróʊtʃ /動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 ｟否定的に ｠【力 権利 時間 効果などを 】侵害する, 制限する, 削 （そ ）ぐ «on , upon » ▸ encroach on A's privacy A 〈人 〉のプライバシーを侵害する 2 〈物が 〉【土地を 】(徐々に )侵食する, 侵入する «on » .

 

encroachment

en cr ó ach ment 名詞 U C ｟否定的に ｠ «…の /…に対する » 侵害, 侵犯, 侵食 «of /on , upon » ▸ the encroachment of law on international waters 国際水域にかかわる法の侵害