{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY March 16, 2019----encroach

WORD OF THE DAY March 16, 2019

encroach    verb | in-KROHCH     Definition   1 : to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another   2 : to advance beyond the usual or proper limits   Scroll down for more about encroach      TRENDING NOW: non sequitur sequitur trope self-made SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   'Two-bit' — Video Word of the Day 3/15/2019       Can 'Exponential' Mean 'Lots'?     Playing the 'Wild Card'       'Animadversion' — Video Word of the Day 3/14/2019         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   A Green Quiz   How many questions can you answer about the word "green"?     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   The history behind encroach is likely to hook you in. The word derives from the Middle English encrochen, which means "to get or seize." The Anglo-French predecessor of encrochen is encrocher, which was formed by combining the prefix en- ("in") with the noun croche ("hook"). Croche also gave us our word crochet, in reference to the hooked needle used in that craft. Encroach carries the meaning of "intrude," both in terms of privilege or property. The word can also hop over legal barriers to describe a general advancement beyond desirable or normal limits (such as a hurricane that encroaches on the mainland).     Examples of ENCROACH   "The house had been abandoned for years, with peeling stucco, a half-buried swimming pool, the jungle encroaching on every side." — Paula McLain, Town & Country, August 2018   "As algorithms are viewed as encroaching more and more on our everyday lives, and, importantly, the privacy of those lives, there is an increased clamour to make them available and accessible for scrutiny." — James Kitching, Computing, 2 Jan. 2019   Name That Synonym   Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of encroach: i _ f _ i _ g _.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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