encroach
verb (used without object)
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads.
encroacher
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a word derived from
encroach.
Example Sentences
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A staple of any urban transformation is the inevitable clash of old vs. new, the indigenous and the encroacher, the longtime merchants accustomed to a certain culture and the developers driving the change.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2015
Today, the one notable encroacher on the park's priceless real estate is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From Time Magazine Archive
She usually chills the encroacher with a fixed, glassy stare, but sometimes she first tolerates, then welcomes his attentions.
From Time Magazine Archive
You, my best child, will give me always your advice, as to my carriage in this my new lot; for I would not for the world be thought an encroacher.
From Pamela, Volume II by Samuel Richardson
The wedded pair must live together, she will think; and shall this hated encroacher find refuge from beggary and vileness under her roof,--be lodged and banqueted at her expense?
From Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown
