upon sth( )formal(
1 )disapproving( to begin to affect or use up too much of sb's time, rights, personal life, etc:
I won't encroach on your time any longer. * He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.
2 to slowly begin to cover more and more of an area:
The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside. * the encroaching tide )= that is coming in(
encroachment noun [U,C] ~ )on / upon sth(:
the regime's many encroachments on human rights
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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