Definitions
advance beyond the usual limit
Word origin
From Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier (“to seize”), from Old French en- + croc (“hook”), of Germanic origin. More at crook.
Used in a sentence
“[D]rowſie drouping Age, / incroaching on apace, / With penſiue Plough will raze your hue / and Beauties beames deface.”
“Because change itself would absolutely stay-stable, and again, conversely, stability itself would change, if each of them encroached on the other.”
“I won’t encroach on your time any longer.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Move in gradually”8 letters
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