accroachとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈkɹəʊtʃ/
• (General American) IPA: /əˈkɹoʊtʃ/
• 韻: -əʊtʃ

動詞

accroach (third-person singular simple present accroaches, present participle accroaching, simple past and past participle accroached)

1. (transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
2. (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.

3. (intransitive) To encroach.

派生語

• accroachement