"accroach" meaning in English

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        "5": "to hook in"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English acrochen, from Old French acrochier (“to hook in”), from a + croche (“hook”).",
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      "form": "accroaches",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "accroaching",
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        "present"
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        "past"
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      "glosses": [
        "To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook."
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          "text": "They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives."
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          "usurp",
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        "(transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "To encroach."
      ],
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          "encroach"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To encroach."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈkɹoʊtʃ/",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊtʃ"
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  ],
  "word": "accroach"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "glosses": [
        "To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook."
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          "text": "They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives."
      ],
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To encroach."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To encroach."
      ],
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  "word": "accroach"
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