v. i.
No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.
n. Encroachment. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By way of encroachment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]