infringev.¹

/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/

Forms: Also 1500s enfring, infrynge, 1500s–1600s infring.

Etymology: < Latin infringĕre to break, injure, damage, make void, < in- (in- prefix³) + frangĕre to break.

†1. transitive. To break, shatter (rare in physical sense); to break down, crush, destroy; to foil, defeat, frustrate; to cancel, invalidate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)

shendOE

whelvec1000

allayOE

ofdrunkenc1175

quenchc1175

quashc1275

stanchc1315

quella1325

slockena1340

drenchc1374

vanquishc1380

stuffa1387

daunt?a1400

adauntc1400

to put downa1425

overwhelmc1425

overwhelvec1450

quatc1450

slockc1485

suppressa1500

suffocate1526

quealc1530

to trample under foot1530

repress1532

quail1533

suppress1537

infringe1543

revocate1547

whelm1553

queasom1561

knetcha1564

squench1577

restinguish1579

to keep down1581

trample1583

repel1592

accable1602

crush1610

to wrestle down?1611

chokea1616

stranglea1616

stifle1621

smother1632

overpower1646

resuppress1654

strangulate1665

instranglea1670

to choke back, down, in, out1690

to nip or crush in the bud1746

spiflicate1749

squasha1777

to get under1799

burke1835

to stamp out1851

to trample down1853

quelch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

smash1865

garrotte1878

scotch1888

douse1916

to drive under1920

stomp1936

stultify1958

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]

fordoOE

allayOE

withdrawc1290

withclepe13..

again-callc1390

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1400

unmakec1400

rive1415

annulc1425

abroge1427

uncommandc1430

discharge?a1439

retreatc1443

retract1501

cancela1513

abrogate?1520

dissolve1526

extinct1531

rescind1531

abrenounce1537

infringe1543

recall1565

unwrite1577

extinguish1590

exauctorate1593

relinquish1594

unact1594

to strike off1597

undecide1601

unpass1606

to take off1609

to draw back1610

reclaim1615

to put back1616

abrenunciate1618

unrip1622

supersedeate1641

to set off1642

unassure1643

unorder1648

to ask away1649

disdetermine1651

unbespeak1661

undecree1667

reassumea1675

off-break1702

circumduct1726

raise1837

resiliate1838

denounce1841

disorder1852

pull1937

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst

to-breakc888

briteOE

to-shenec950

abreakOE

forgnidea1000

to-brytc1000

to-burstc1000

to-driveOE

shiverc1200

to-shiverc1200

to-reavec1225

shiverc1250

debruise1297

to-crack13..

to-frushc1300

to-sliftc1315

chinec1330

littlec1350

dingc1380

bruisea1382

burst1382

rushc1390

shinderc1390

spald?a1400

brittenc1400

pashc1400

forbruise1413

to break, etc. into sherds1426

shattera1450

truncheon1477

scarboyle1502

shonk1508

to-shattera1513

rash1513

shidera1529

grind1535

infringe1543

dishiver1562

rupture1578

splinter1582

tear1582

disshiver1596

upburst1596

to burst up1601

diminish1607

confract1609

to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612

dishatter1615

vanquashc1626

beshiver1647

disfrange1778

smash1778

explode1784

bust1806

spell1811

smithereen1878

shard1900

1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xxix^v The duke..woulde haue maried ladye Mary..whiche mariage the kyng did infringe and stoppe.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxix She..did all that she could to infringe the determinacion of thesaid Uniuersities and clergie.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1016 How the Turkes were to be resisted, and their attempts infringed.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xii. 249 [He] trotting in a round, Infring'd the aire with this disdainefull sound.

1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) vii. 5 It is a potent Science that infringes Strong Prison doors; and heaves them from their hinges.

1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. The three-fold cable is not easily infringed.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 62 If so we can, and by the head Broken be not intended all our power To be infring'd .

2. To commit a breach or infraction of (a law, obligation, right, etc.); to violate or break (an oath, pledge, treaty, etc.); to transgress, contravene.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > refuse to submit to [verb (transitive)] > break a (rule, command, or provision)

breakOE

to-breaka1067

again-come1400

violate?a1475

transgress1526

refringe1530

infringe1533

prevaricate1541

contravene1567

temerate1635

outrage1655

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (transitive)]

breakOE

exceed1393

violate?a1475

trespass1484

infringe1533

contravene1567

outrage1655

transgress1660

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)]

breakOE

to-breaka1067

false1303

forleta1325

loosec1400

to fall from ——a1425

renouncec1450

violate?a1475

enfrain1477

failc1500

falsify1532

transverse1532

infringe1533

crack1576

recess1581

recant1585

digress1592

strain1592

burst1600

equivocate1629

falsy1629

forfeit1654

to break through1712

infract1798

waive1833

welsh1925

1533 in Gross Gild Merch. II. 73 Whatsooewer brothir or brethir attempte to infring or breke this sayde lawe.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxii And least..the Damosell..woulde not consent too hym for offending her conscience and infringyng her promes.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 142 Ioue for your Loue would infringe an oth.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 106 The undoubted Fundamental priviledge of the Commons in Parliament, that all Supplies should have their rise and beginning from Them..had never been infringed, or violated, or so much as question'd.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 94 The proud Trojans first infringe the Peace.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. vi. 88 The crime [coining] itself is made a species of high treason; as being a breach of allegiance, by infringing the king's prerogative.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. i. 7 The editor..having infringed the regulations to which the press had been subjected by the Government.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 287 Those privileges of the people which the Stuarts had illegally infringed.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 9/3 With regard to the second alleged infringing tyre..the judge held that it infringed neither the Welch nor the Clincher patent.

†3. To refute; to contradict, deny. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)]

answerOE

bitavelena1225

allayc1275

confoundc1384

concludea1400

conclusea1400

forblenda1400

gainsaya1400

rejag1402

to bear downc1405

redarguea1425

repugn?a1425

reverse?c1430

improvec1443

reprovea1513

dissolve1529

revince1529

convince1530

confute1533

refel1534

refute1545

void1570

evict1583

infringe1590

reprehend1597

revert1598

evince1608

repel1613

to take off1618

unbubblea1640

invalid1643

invalidate1649

remove1652

retund1653

effronta1657

dispute1659

unreason1661

have1680

demolish1691

to blow sky-high1819

the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)]

withquethec888

withsake971

falsea1225

withsay?c1225

denyc1300

again-saya1382

naitc1390

nitec1390

naya1400

nicka1400

warna1400

denytec1420

traversea1450

repugnc1456

unsayc1460

renay1512

disavow?1532

disaffirm1548

contradict1582

fault1585

belie1587

infringe1590

dementie1594

abnegate1616

negate1623

nege1624

abrenounce1656

nay-saya1774

negative1784

dement1884

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 264 This conclusion, that the later dooth infringe the former, is diuersly enlarged.

1601–2 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 65 This may suffice to infringe that which you haue deliuered.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvii. 200 Nor do those Expressions..at all infringe the Truth we have declared.

†4. To break the force or diminish the strength of; to weaken, enfeeble, impair; to mitigate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > lessen severe effect of

rebate1579

infringe1604

unvenom1611

unsting1612

blunt1732

sheathe1820

buffer1894

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial)

to thin off, downc900

feeblea1340

allayc1450

debilite1483

mollify1496

weak1502

geld?1507

water1529

appale?1530

labefact?1539

debilitate1541

mortify1553

effeeble1571

dilutea1575

soften1576

unsinew1599

melt1600

infringe1604

weaken1609

unbenda1616

dissinew1640

slacken1663

thin1670

resolve1715

imbecilitate1809

imbecile1829

to let down1832

to water down1832

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Infringe,..to make weake, or feeble.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 171 They doe..oppresse a weake stomacke, and infringe the naturall heat.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 481 Such [medicines] as concentrate and infringe Acids, such as..Corals, Chalk.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 704/2 It will yet much more infringe the corrosive Quality of the remaining Acid Spirits.

5. intransitive. To break in or encroach on or upon.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on

attaina1382

pinchc1400

accroach1423

usurp1447

to usurp on or upon1493

invade?1521

encroachc1534

jetc1590

enjamb1600

to trench on or upon1622

trench1631

trample1646

to gain on or upon1647

trespass1652

impose1667

impinge1758

infringe1769

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > encroach physically

winc1440

encroach1578

usurp1635

to usurp on or upona1658

to eat outa1716

infringe1769

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 141 Judges..are yet intimidated from infringing, by any sentence, on the laws and constitution of these realms.

1774 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. App., in Wks. (1859) I. 141 Let no act be passed by any one legislature, which may infringe on the rights and liberties of another.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. vi. 147 They did not infringe upon this boundary for some time.

1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God viii. 137 Never let pleasure infringe on the domain of duty.

Derivatives

inˈfringed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [adjective] > not observed

violatec1425

violated1541

broken1600

infringed1771

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 370 The subject of his infringed pretensions.

1898 Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 5/3 Let there be no talk to us of infringed rights.

inˈfringing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > infringement of rights, etc.

intrusion1433

intruseryc1470

attainmentc1503

encroachment1523

encroaching1539

trenching1543

infringinga1575

usurpationa1626

entrenching1629

entrenchment1635

invasion1650

impingement1671

infringement1673

trespass1769

usurpature1845

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [noun]

borrow-breacha900

brucheOE

breacha1382

violation1433

rupture1439

non-observance1453

misobservance1496

violating1523

swerving1545

infringinga1575

inobservation1579

recess1601

inobservancea1626

infringement1628

misobservancy1637

egression1651

nonconformity1653

unobservance1654

brack1658

infraction1673

violence1743

non-conformance1786

inobservancy1824

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > violating the law

unlawfula1387

trespassant1587

perfract1616

rumpant1621

transgressive1646

violatory1687

violent1697

violative1745

law-breaking1767

transgressinga1812

transgredient1837

infringing1897

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 146 This case..nothing tendeth to the infringing of any honour or service.

1897 Daily News 3 Nov. 2/1 The Incandescent Gas Light Company has spent enormous sums..in proceedings against unscrupulous dealers and importers of infringing mantles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	infringe
释义	infringev.¹ /ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/ Forms: Also 1500s enfring, infrynge, 1500s–1600s infring. Etymology: < Latin infringĕre to break, injure, damage, make void, < in- (in- prefix³) + frangĕre to break. †1. transitive. To break, shatter (rare in physical sense); to break down, crush, destroy; to foil, defeat, frustrate; to cancel, invalidate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst to-breakc888 briteOE to-shenec950 abreakOE forgnidea1000 to-brytc1000 to-burstc1000 to-driveOE shiverc1200 to-shiverc1200 to-reavec1225 shiverc1250 debruise1297 to-crack13.. to-frushc1300 to-sliftc1315 chinec1330 littlec1350 dingc1380 bruisea1382 burst1382 rushc1390 shinderc1390 spald?a1400 brittenc1400 pashc1400 forbruise1413 to break, etc. into sherds1426 shattera1450 truncheon1477 scarboyle1502 shonk1508 to-shattera1513 rash1513 shidera1529 grind1535 infringe1543 dishiver1562 rupture1578 splinter1582 tear1582 disshiver1596 upburst1596 to burst up1601 diminish1607 confract1609 to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612 dishatter1615 vanquashc1626 beshiver1647 disfrange1778 smash1778 explode1784 bust1806 spell1811 smithereen1878 shard1900 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xxix^v The duke..woulde haue maried ladye Mary..whiche mariage the kyng did infringe and stoppe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxix She..did all that she could to infringe the determinacion of thesaid Uniuersities and clergie. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1016 How the Turkes were to be resisted, and their attempts infringed. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xii. 249 [He] trotting in a round, Infring'd the aire with this disdainefull sound. 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) vii. 5 It is a potent Science that infringes Strong Prison doors; and heaves them from their hinges. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. The three-fold cable is not easily infringed. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 62 If so we can, and by the head Broken be not intended all our power To be infring'd . View more context for this quotation 2. To commit a breach or infraction of (a law, obligation, right, etc.); to violate or break (an oath, pledge, treaty, etc.); to transgress, contravene. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > refuse to submit to [verb (transitive)] > break a (rule, command, or provision) breakOE to-breaka1067 again-come1400 violate?a1475 transgress1526 refringe1530 infringe1533 prevaricate1541 contravene1567 temerate1635 outrage1655 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (transitive)] breakOE exceed1393 violate?a1475 trespass1484 infringe1533 contravene1567 outrage1655 transgress1660 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)] breakOE to-breaka1067 false1303 forleta1325 loosec1400 to fall from ——a1425 renouncec1450 violate?a1475 enfrain1477 failc1500 falsify1532 transverse1532 infringe1533 crack1576 recess1581 recant1585 digress1592 strain1592 burst1600 equivocate1629 falsy1629 forfeit1654 to break through1712 infract1798 waive1833 welsh1925 1533 in Gross Gild Merch. II. 73 Whatsooewer brothir or brethir attempte to infring or breke this sayde lawe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxii And least..the Damosell..woulde not consent too hym for offending her conscience and infringyng her promes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 142 Ioue for your Loue would infringe an oth. View more context for this quotation 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 106 The undoubted Fundamental priviledge of the Commons in Parliament, that all Supplies should have their rise and beginning from Them..had never been infringed, or violated, or so much as question'd. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 94 The proud Trojans first infringe the Peace. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. vi. 88 The crime [coining] itself is made a species of high treason; as being a breach of allegiance, by infringing the king's prerogative. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. i. 7 The editor..having infringed the regulations to which the press had been subjected by the Government. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 287 Those privileges of the people which the Stuarts had illegally infringed. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 9/3 With regard to the second alleged infringing tyre..the judge held that it infringed neither the Welch nor the Clincher patent. †3. To refute; to contradict, deny. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] answerOE bitavelena1225 allayc1275 confoundc1384 concludea1400 conclusea1400 forblenda1400 gainsaya1400 rejag1402 to bear downc1405 redarguea1425 repugn?a1425 reverse?c1430 improvec1443 reprovea1513 dissolve1529 revince1529 convince1530 confute1533 refel1534 refute1545 void1570 evict1583 infringe1590 reprehend1597 revert1598 evince1608 repel1613 to take off1618 unbubblea1640 invalid1643 invalidate1649 remove1652 retund1653 effronta1657 dispute1659 unreason1661 have1680 demolish1691 to blow sky-high1819 the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] withquethec888 withsake971 falsea1225 withsay?c1225 denyc1300 again-saya1382 naitc1390 nitec1390 naya1400 nicka1400 warna1400 denytec1420 traversea1450 repugnc1456 unsayc1460 renay1512 disavow?1532 disaffirm1548 contradict1582 fault1585 belie1587 infringe1590 dementie1594 abnegate1616 negate1623 nege1624 abrenounce1656 nay-saya1774 negative1784 dement1884 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 264 This conclusion, that the later dooth infringe the former, is diuersly enlarged. 1601–2 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 65 This may suffice to infringe that which you haue deliuered. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvii. 200 Nor do those Expressions..at all infringe the Truth we have declared. †4. To break the force or diminish the strength of; to weaken, enfeeble, impair; to mitigate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > lessen severe effect of rebate1579 infringe1604 unvenom1611 unsting1612 blunt1732 sheathe1820 buffer1894 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) to thin off, downc900 feeblea1340 allayc1450 debilite1483 mollify1496 weak1502 geld?1507 water1529 appale?1530 labefact?1539 debilitate1541 mortify1553 effeeble1571 dilutea1575 soften1576 unsinew1599 melt1600 infringe1604 weaken1609 unbenda1616 dissinew1640 slacken1663 thin1670 resolve1715 imbecilitate1809 imbecile1829 to let down1832 to water down1832 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Infringe,..to make weake, or feeble. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 171 They doe..oppresse a weake stomacke, and infringe the naturall heat. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 481 Such [medicines] as concentrate and infringe Acids, such as..Corals, Chalk. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 704/2 It will yet much more infringe the corrosive Quality of the remaining Acid Spirits. 5. intransitive. To break in or encroach on or upon. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on attaina1382 pinchc1400 accroach1423 usurp1447 to usurp on or upon1493 invade?1521 encroachc1534 jetc1590 enjamb1600 to trench on or upon1622 trench1631 trample1646 to gain on or upon1647 trespass1652 impose1667 impinge1758 infringe1769 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > encroach physically winc1440 encroach1578 usurp1635 to usurp on or upona1658 to eat outa1716 infringe1769 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 141 Judges..are yet intimidated from infringing, by any sentence, on the laws and constitution of these realms. 1774 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. App., in Wks. (1859) I. 141 Let no act be passed by any one legislature, which may infringe on the rights and liberties of another. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. vi. 147 They did not infringe upon this boundary for some time. 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God viii. 137 Never let pleasure infringe on the domain of duty. Derivatives inˈfringed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [adjective] > not observed violatec1425 violated1541 broken1600 infringed1771 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 370 The subject of his infringed pretensions. 1898 Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 5/3 Let there be no talk to us of infringed rights. inˈfringing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > infringement of rights, etc. intrusion1433 intruseryc1470 attainmentc1503 encroachment1523 encroaching1539 trenching1543 infringinga1575 usurpationa1626 entrenching1629 entrenchment1635 invasion1650 impingement1671 infringement1673 trespass1769 usurpature1845 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [noun] borrow-breacha900 brucheOE breacha1382 violation1433 rupture1439 non-observance1453 misobservance1496 violating1523 swerving1545 infringinga1575 inobservation1579 recess1601 inobservancea1626 infringement1628 misobservancy1637 egression1651 nonconformity1653 unobservance1654 brack1658 infraction1673 violence1743 non-conformance1786 inobservancy1824 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > violating the law unlawfula1387 trespassant1587 perfract1616 rumpant1621 transgressive1646 violatory1687 violent1697 violative1745 law-breaking1767 transgressinga1812 transgredient1837 infringing1897 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 146 This case..nothing tendeth to the infringing of any honour or service. 1897 Daily News 3 Nov. 2/1 The Incandescent Gas Light Company has spent enormous sums..in proceedings against unscrupulous dealers and importers of infringing mantles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † infringev.² Etymology: in- prefix³. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. To furnish with a fringe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [verb (transitive)] > fringe fringe1480 thrumc1525 infringe1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Infrangiare, to infringe, or decke with fringe. 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