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Definition
to gradually take another's rights or property
- Encroach, presume, and the game is up.Chapter 24 (29% in)
encroach = gradually take rights or property that belongs to another
- "You see now, my queenly Blanche," began Lady Ingram, "she encroaches.Chapter 18 (82% in)
There are no more uses of "encroach" in Jane Eyre.
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