accroach

English edit

Etymology edit

From Old French acrochier (“to hook in”), from a + croche (“hook”).

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹəʊtʃ/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊtʃ

Verb edit

accroach (third-person singular simple present accroaches, present participle accroaching, simple past and past participle accroached)

(transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
(transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
- 1874-1878, William Stubbs, Constitutional History of England:
  They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.
(intransitive) To encroach.

Derived terms edit

accroachement