Bible Dictionaries
Encroach

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Encroachment.

(2):

(v. i.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Encroach'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/encroach.html. 1828.