"accroach" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈkɹəʊtʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accroach.wav [Southern-England] Forms: accroaches [present, singular, third-person], accroaching [participle, present], accroached [participle, past], accroached [past]
Rhymes: -əʊtʃ Etymology: From Old French acrochier (“to hook in”), from a + croche (“hook”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|acrochier||to hook in}} Old French acrochier (“to hook in”), {{m|fro|a}} a, {{m|fro|croche|t=hook}} croche (“hook”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} accroach (third-person singular simple present accroaches, present participle accroaching, simple past and past participle accroached)
  1. (transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-accroach-en-verb-i25RwnCG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 31 4
  2. (transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-accroach-en-verb-84fMq~eM
  3. (intransitive) To encroach. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-accroach-en-verb-gdY6d-AO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accroachement

Inflected forms

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