| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.[Websters]
2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: accroaching, accroached, accroaches, accroacher, accroachers, accroachingly and accroachedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ACCROACH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Accroach \Ac*croach"\, transitive verb. [from Old English expression acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, Old French acrochier, French accrocher; [`a] (L. ad) croc hook (E. crook).]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ACCROACH
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To hook, or draw to, as with a hook; but in this sense not used.. | 2: [Verb] To encroach; to draw away from another. Hence in old laws to assume the exercise of royal prerogatives. The noun accroachment, an encroachment, or attempt to exercise royal power, is rarely or never used. [See Encroach.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To encroach. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook. (references) | 3: [Verb] (transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. - Stubbs. (references) |
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