accroach
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English acrochen, 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
editaccroach (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.
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