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- noun Alternative form of
encroachment .
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Examples
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Beaf I Suppose is by this time in the cellar, I wish you would mention to Brisler and to Esther, a constant attention to every thing about House to Gaurd against the incroachment of Rats and mice, the cider
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 3 December 1788 1788
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Then he comes to be most explicit in testifying against the givers and receivers of the indulgence, as an incroachment on Christ's crown and prerogative royal, &c.; protests before God, angels and men, against all acts made anywise derogative to the work of
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The electric company cuts down your tree because of easement incroachment.
Think Progress 2009
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a bold opposer of every incroachment made upon the crown and dignity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now, as its quick motion car - ries it through an arch of fix degrees in that interval, we £nd that this would denote a refraction of about two feconds, provided the incroachment of light had no (hare in the effcdl.
The Monthly Review 1791
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