Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.
- In old laws, to usurp: as, to
accroach royal power to one's self.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.
- transitive verb To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
hook , or draw to oneself as with a hook. - verb transitive To
usurp , as jurisdiction or royalprerogatives . - verb intransitive To
encroach .
Etymologies
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From Old French acrochier "to hook in", from a- + croche "hook".
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