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单词 accroaching
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accroachingn.

Brit. /əˈkrəʊtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈkroʊtʃɪŋ/
Forms: see accroach v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accroach v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < accroach v. + -ing suffix1.
Now historical.
1. The act of acquiring or taking for oneself (esp. wealth or property). rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun]
purchasec1325
gettingc1384
acquisitionc1400
accroaching?a1439
acquesta1456
encheving1470
obtaining1470
acquiring1531
procuring1532
obtainment1536
acquiry1549
conquest1556
acquist1613
assecution1615
obtention1624
acquirement1641
obtainal1803
obtainance1846
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 3985 (MED) Ther acrochyng of temporal richesse.
1991 C. C. Dyer in E. Miller Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales III. ii. 84 It was normal throughout the later middle ages for tenants to be presented for accroaching by ploughing an extra furrow or two across a boundary.
2. The seizing or usurping of sovereign power.
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > wrongful assumption of office or authority
usurpmenta1470
usurpation1470
usurping1521
usurpa1647
self-assumptiona1658
accroaching1659
1659 W. Prynne Brief Necessary Vindic. 28 The accroaching and usurping of Regal Power, by the two Spencers..and others.
a1676 M. Hale Historia Placitorum Coronæ (1736) I. xi. 80 Accroaching of royal power was a usual charge of high treason antiently, tho a very uncertain charge, that no man could well tell, what it was, nor what defense to make to it.
1770 Begining, Progress & Concl. Late War 2 In limited monarchies the wisest institutions will not suffice to preserve public liberty free from violation, and the usual accroachings of power.
1791 J. Ritson Jurisdict. Court-leet 6 The accroaching, or appropriating of rights royal, without warrant.
1825 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 138 This phrase [take upon them royal authority]..has kept its place in our law books since the time when almost every crime was included in the charge of accroaching, assuming, or usurping royal power.
1947 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 7 167 Before the statute the interpretation of the common law depended much upon the opinions of the king and his judges as to how they wanted to view any ‘accroaching’ of royal power.
1970 J. G. Bellamy Law of Treason in Eng. in Later Middle Ages iv. 72 They asked for a declaration in parliament of what exactly the crime of accroaching included.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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