accroachv.

Brit.

/əˈkrəʊtʃ/, U.S.

/əˈkroʊtʃ/

Forms: Middle English–1500s accroche, Middle English–1500s acroche, 1600s– accroach.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French accrocher.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French acrocher, accrocher, Middle French acrochier to draw (something) to oneself (c1160 in Old French; French accrocher ), to catch (something) using a hook or hooks (early 13th cent.), to arrogate, encroach, usurp (property or power to oneself) (c1300 in Anglo-Norman) < Anglo-Norman and Old French a- a- prefix⁵ + croc , croche hook, of Germanic origin (see crook n.). Compare post-classical Latin accrochare (c1387 in a British source), accrochiare (from 1401 in British sources), both < French. Compare also encroach v.

Now rare (chiefly historical).

I. To draw to oneself; to attract, usurp.

1. transitive. To draw to oneself, catch, attract, acquire. In later use: spec. to assume (the prerogative of power) from another, to usurp.In early use sometimes with the etymological sense of drawing with a hook (see quot. a1475); also occasionally with implication of malpractice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)]

wieldeOE

haveeOE

ofgoOE

oweOE

addlec1175

winc1175

avela1200

to come by ——a1225

covera1250

oughtc1275

reachc1275

hentc1300

purchasec1300

to come to ——c1330

getc1330

pickc1330

chevise1340

fang1340

umbracec1350

chacche1362

perceivea1382

accroacha1393

achievea1393

to come at ——a1393

areach1393

recovera1398

encroach?a1400

chevec1400

enquilec1400

obtainc1422

recurec1425

to take upc1425

acquirea1450

encheve1470

sortise1474

conques?a1500

tain1501

report1508

conquest1513

possess1526

compare1532

cough1550

coff1559

fall1568

reap1581

acquist1592

accrue1594

appurchasec1600

recoil1632

to get at ——1666

to come into ——1672

rise1754

net1765

to fall in for1788

to scare up1846

access1953

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1047 (MED) The Schip, which wende his helpe acroche, Drof al to pieces on the roche.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 5624 (MED) And fyr, whan it to tow aprocheth, To him anon the strengthe acrocheth Til with his hete it be devoured.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 1069 (MED) The mone may þerof acroche no myȝte.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 1611 (MED) Egistus..With al þe stuf þat he myȝt acroche Toward þe toun fast gan a-proche.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 15392 (MED) With my flesshhook..I do acroche, Rende away..The Renoun and the goode name Off folke.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 416 I acroche, as a man dothe that wynneth goodes or landes off another by sleyght, Jaccroche.

1645 W. Prynne Fresh Discov. Wandring-blasing-stars ii. 15 How transcendently arogant and contumelious will they prove when they have accroached greater power, both in our Armies and Councels?

1689 W. Atwood Ld. Chief Justice Herbert's Acct. Examined 5 Mortimer would undertake to manage all by himself, accroaching Royal Power.

1727 R. Acherley Britannic Constit. iii. 165 The Romish Supremacy..Accroached a Power in their Convocations.

1785 C. Keld Ess. Polity Eng. iii. v. 194 Taking away those factious motives which might induce one of the legislative assemblies to accroach the executive authority.

1834 G. G. Cunningham Lives Eminent Englishmen I. 334 The principal charges exhibited against him were,—that he had accroached, or assumed the royal prerogative which parliament had committed to ten lay-lords and four prelates.

1882 Times 17 May 10/2 An organized association, which accroached and superseded the authority of the Crown.

1917 Jrnl. National Assoc. Retail Druggists 8 Nov. 222/2 The problems of public health..are being clothed with extraordinary importance by those interests which accroach the almost autocratic right to handle all matters even remotely concerned with public health.

1997 P. J. Jones Ital. City-state 193 The Tuscans [were]..accroaching from native dealers and stay-at-home Lombards a growing quantity of all kinds of business.

2009 Ukraine Gen. Newswire (Nexis) 14 Mar. The whole of the judicial system from top to bottom has been accroached by a single political force.

2. transitive. With to (also †toward) (oneself). To seize or appropriate (what is not one's own); to usurp (authority or jurisdiction).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate > without right or usurp

fornimOE

crochec1380

presume1387

encroach?a1400

usurpc1400

wrestc1426

accroach?a1439

supplant1483

usurpa1513

usurpate1542

arrogate1573

to usurp on or upon1594

invade1617

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. l. 1672 (MED) He neuer acrochid tresour nih nor ferre Toward hymsilf.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 144 (MED) To hire self she wole drawe and acroche the faireste.

1520 J. Rastell Statutes 25 Edw. III. viii. §3 For that the secular Justices doe accroche to them conisance of voidance of benefices or right.

1520 J. Rastell Statutes 25 Edw. III 6 (anno 1350) The Bishop of Rome accroching to him the Seigniories of such possessions and Benefices, doth giue and graunt the same Benefices to Aliens.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 34 The said Sir Hughes had accroached to them the royall power in divers manner.

1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. 25 If any person..accroaches to himself a Jurisdiction not only not warranted by the Statutes, but directly contrary to them, he invades the Rights and Priviledges of a Colledge.

1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 595 Aiding and abetting the five appealed and attainted persons, in their accroaching to them the royal power.

1791 J. Ritson Jurisdict. Court-leet 30 W. D. hath accroached to himself of the common water, land, &c. to the grievous nuisance of his neighbours.

1811 Amer. Rev. Hist. & Politics Oct. App. 130 By virtue of this constitutional clause, Bonaparte has accroached to himself exclusively a considerable proportion of the legislative power.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 374 They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.

1904 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World XVIII. xii. 437 They had accroached to themselves royal power over the king and his ministers.

1984 J. S. Roskell Impeachment of Michael de la Pole 199 Taking advantage of the king's youth, they had monopolised his confidence, estranged him from the magnates, 'accroached' to themselves (appropriated) royal power.

II. To encroach.

3. intransitive. To encroach upon (esp. land or authority). [See a- prefix⁵.]

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

1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 135 (MED) Also j caban..at John Broke wexchaundelers shop accrochith vppon the comune grounde and is nuyus to all folk there passyng.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 417 The mighty men accroche ever upon their poore neyghbours: les puissans accrochent tousjours sur leurs poures voysyns.

1771 London Evening-Post 21–3 May You in fact commanded your Sovereign Lord to desist from prosecuting an indictment..and do most glaringly accroach upon the executive power of the King.

1844 G. A. Poole Hist. Eng. I. xvi. 274 In 1347 a knight of Herefordshire had detained a man in his castle, until he should redeem himself by a ransom. This was construed into treason, as if the knight had ‘accroached’ upon a power vested in the crown only.

1983 M. Buck Politics, Finance & Church in Reign of Edward II iii. 73 The murder of the precentor in 1283 had led to the enclosure of the cathedral churchyard and the chapter appears to have used the occasion to accroach upon new territory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accroach
释义	accroachv. Brit. /əˈkrəʊtʃ/, U.S. /əˈkroʊtʃ/ Forms: Middle English–1500s accroche, Middle English–1500s acroche, 1600s– accroach. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French accrocher. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French acrocher, accrocher, Middle French acrochier to draw (something) to oneself (c1160 in Old French; French accrocher ), to catch (something) using a hook or hooks (early 13th cent.), to arrogate, encroach, usurp (property or power to oneself) (c1300 in Anglo-Norman) < Anglo-Norman and Old French a- a- prefix⁵ + croc , croche hook, of Germanic origin (see crook n.). Compare post-classical Latin accrochare (c1387 in a British source), accrochiare (from 1401 in British sources), both < French. Compare also encroach v. Now rare (chiefly historical). I. To draw to oneself; to attract, usurp. 1. transitive. To draw to oneself, catch, attract, acquire. In later use: spec. to assume (the prerogative of power) from another, to usurp.In early use sometimes with the etymological sense of drawing with a hook (see quot. a1475); also occasionally with implication of malpractice. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE haveeOE ofgoOE oweOE addlec1175 winc1175 avela1200 to come by ——a1225 covera1250 oughtc1275 reachc1275 hentc1300 purchasec1300 to come to ——c1330 getc1330 pickc1330 chevise1340 fang1340 umbracec1350 chacche1362 perceivea1382 accroacha1393 achievea1393 to come at ——a1393 areach1393 recovera1398 encroach?a1400 chevec1400 enquilec1400 obtainc1422 recurec1425 to take upc1425 acquirea1450 encheve1470 sortise1474 conques?a1500 tain1501 report1508 conquest1513 possess1526 compare1532 cough1550 coff1559 fall1568 reap1581 acquist1592 accrue1594 appurchasec1600 recoil1632 to get at ——1666 to come into ——1672 rise1754 net1765 to fall in for1788 to scare up1846 access1953 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1047 (MED) The Schip, which wende his helpe acroche, Drof al to pieces on the roche. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 5624 (MED) And fyr, whan it to tow aprocheth, To him anon the strengthe acrocheth Til with his hete it be devoured. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 1069 (MED) The mone may þerof acroche no myȝte. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 1611 (MED) Egistus..With al þe stuf þat he myȝt acroche Toward þe toun fast gan a-proche. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 15392 (MED) With my flesshhook..I do acroche, Rende away..The Renoun and the goode name Off folke. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 416 I acroche, as a man dothe that wynneth goodes or landes off another by sleyght, Jaccroche. 1645 W. Prynne Fresh Discov. Wandring-blasing-stars ii. 15 How transcendently arogant and contumelious will they prove when they have accroached greater power, both in our Armies and Councels? 1689 W. Atwood Ld. Chief Justice Herbert's Acct. Examined 5 Mortimer would undertake to manage all by himself, accroaching Royal Power. 1727 R. Acherley Britannic Constit. iii. 165 The Romish Supremacy..Accroached a Power in their Convocations. 1785 C. Keld Ess. Polity Eng. iii. v. 194 Taking away those factious motives which might induce one of the legislative assemblies to accroach the executive authority. 1834 G. G. Cunningham Lives Eminent Englishmen I. 334 The principal charges exhibited against him were,—that he had accroached, or assumed the royal prerogative which parliament had committed to ten lay-lords and four prelates. 1882 Times 17 May 10/2 An organized association, which accroached and superseded the authority of the Crown. 1917 Jrnl. National Assoc. Retail Druggists 8 Nov. 222/2 The problems of public health..are being clothed with extraordinary importance by those interests which accroach the almost autocratic right to handle all matters even remotely concerned with public health. 1997 P. J. Jones Ital. City-state 193 The Tuscans [were]..accroaching from native dealers and stay-at-home Lombards a growing quantity of all kinds of business. 2009 Ukraine Gen. Newswire (Nexis) 14 Mar. The whole of the judicial system from top to bottom has been accroached by a single political force. 2. transitive. With to (also †toward) (oneself). To seize or appropriate (what is not one's own); to usurp (authority or jurisdiction). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate > without right or usurp fornimOE crochec1380 presume1387 encroach?a1400 usurpc1400 wrestc1426 accroach?a1439 supplant1483 usurpa1513 usurpate1542 arrogate1573 to usurp on or upon1594 invade1617 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. l. 1672 (MED) He neuer acrochid tresour nih nor ferre Toward hymsilf. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 144 (MED) To hire self she wole drawe and acroche the faireste. 1520 J. Rastell Statutes 25 Edw. III. viii. §3 For that the secular Justices doe accroche to them conisance of voidance of benefices or right. 1520 J. Rastell Statutes 25 Edw. III 6 (anno 1350) The Bishop of Rome accroching to him the Seigniories of such possessions and Benefices, doth giue and graunt the same Benefices to Aliens. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 34 The said Sir Hughes had accroached to them the royall power in divers manner. 1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. 25 If any person..accroaches to himself a Jurisdiction not only not warranted by the Statutes, but directly contrary to them, he invades the Rights and Priviledges of a Colledge. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 595 Aiding and abetting the five appealed and attainted persons, in their accroaching to them the royal power. 1791 J. Ritson Jurisdict. Court-leet 30 W. D. hath accroached to himself of the common water, land, &c. to the grievous nuisance of his neighbours. 1811 Amer. Rev. Hist. & Politics Oct. App. 130 By virtue of this constitutional clause, Bonaparte has accroached to himself exclusively a considerable proportion of the legislative power. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 374 They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. 1904 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World XVIII. xii. 437 They had accroached to themselves royal power over the king and his ministers. 1984 J. S. Roskell Impeachment of Michael de la Pole 199 Taking advantage of the king's youth, they had monopolised his confidence, estranged him from the magnates, 'accroached' to themselves (appropriated) royal power. II. To encroach. 3. intransitive. To encroach upon (esp. land or authority). [See a- prefix⁵.] 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 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 135 (MED) Also j caban..at John Broke wexchaundelers shop accrochith vppon the comune grounde and is nuyus to all folk there passyng. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 417 The mighty men accroche ever upon their poore neyghbours: les puissans accrochent tousjours sur leurs poures voysyns. 1771 London Evening-Post 21–3 May You in fact commanded your Sovereign Lord to desist from prosecuting an indictment..and do most glaringly accroach upon the executive power of the King. 1844 G. A. Poole Hist. Eng. I. xvi. 274 In 1347 a knight of Herefordshire had detained a man in his castle, until he should redeem himself by a ransom. This was construed into treason, as if the knight had ‘accroached’ upon a power vested in the crown only. 1983 M. Buck Politics, Finance & Church in Reign of Edward II iii. 73 The murder of the precentor in 1283 had led to the enclosure of the cathedral churchyard and the chapter appears to have used the occasion to accroach upon new territory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1393
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