Both Uses of
encroach
in
Jane Eyre
- "You see now, my queenly Blanche," began Lady Ingram, "she encroaches.†
p. 223.9encroaches = gradually takes another's rights or property
- Encroach, presume, and the game is up.
p. 302.6 *encroach = gradually take rights or property that belongs to another
Definition:
to gradually take something like control, property, or rights from another