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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCROACHINGLY

ENCROACHINGLY En *croach "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By way of encroachment.