Bible Dictionaries
Invade

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.

(2):

(v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.

(3):

(v. i.) To make an invasion.

(4):

(v. t.) To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.

(5):

(v. t.) To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; - used of forcible or rude ingress.

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