accroachmentn.

Brit.

/əˈkrəʊtʃm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈkroʊtʃmənt/

Forms: late Middle English acrochement, late Middle English acrochment, 1600s– accroachment.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French accrochement ; accroach v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: Probably partly < Anglo-Norman acrochement, accrochement usurpation, encroachment (1305–7; < acrocher , accrocher accroach v. + -ment -ment suffix) and partly < accroach v. + -ment suffix. Compare post-classical Latin accrochiamentum (from 1401 in British sources), Middle French, French accrochement delay of a case, illicit gain (both 1480), act of accroaching (1544). Compare later encroachment n.

Now historical.

The action of accroach v.; usurpation; (also) encroachment. Also: an instance of this.

ΚΠ

c1428 in R. W. Hunt et al. Stud. Medieval Hist. (1948) xxiii. 402 The forsayd Prior..anexed to the same tenement wyt owte lycence of the Kynge or the forsayd Citesynes in usurpacion and acrochement in contempt of owre lygelord the Kynge.

c1448 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 344 (MED) The said fynes of xxviii li affexed upon the said meir and comonalte and upon other persones for the said acrochment.

1634 R. Powell Life of Alfred 130 The two edged sword of justice Ecclesiasticall and Saecular, one side whereof was heretofore..rebated by papall accroachment, is full and absolute in his hands.

1676 L. Jenkins Let. 29 Jan. in W. Wynne Life Sir L. Jenkins (1724) I. 374 Monsieur Beverning..hoped God and the World would purge his Masters from the Guilt of having contributed any Thing to this present Accroachment.

1700 R. Brady Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. 377 Their false Imaginations, Deceits, and Accroachments.

1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 Hist. 68/2 The commons..had released spies and other felons imprisoned by the king, which was laid to be an accroachment of royal power.

1831 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 229 An open usurpation of this nature..is a much more dangerous ‘accroachment’ on national authority,..than our ancestors had ever occasion to contend against under that class of arbitrary treasons.

1886 Times 18 Feb. 5/4 The Prussian Government..is..still working to defend to the utmost the citadel bulwarks which it threw up to guard against the accroachments of a Papal imperium in imperio.

1913 Harvard Law Rev. 26 687 Impeachment was..relied upon by the English people to protect the kingdom against the infidelity and accroachments of its ministers through the recurring vicissitudes of turbulent centuries.

1984 J. B. Sanford Winters of that Country 45 But putting forces into the field and pledging them to kill was an accroachment of the King's power.

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

单词	accroachment
释义	accroachmentn. Brit. /əˈkrəʊtʃm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈkroʊtʃmənt/ Forms: late Middle English acrochement, late Middle English acrochment, 1600s– accroachment. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French accrochement ; accroach v., -ment suffix. Etymology: Probably partly < Anglo-Norman acrochement, accrochement usurpation, encroachment (1305–7; < acrocher , accrocher accroach v. + -ment -ment suffix) and partly < accroach v. + -ment suffix. Compare post-classical Latin accrochiamentum (from 1401 in British sources), Middle French, French accrochement delay of a case, illicit gain (both 1480), act of accroaching (1544). Compare later encroachment n. Now historical. The action of accroach v.; usurpation; (also) encroachment. Also: an instance of this. ΚΠ c1428 in R. W. Hunt et al. Stud. Medieval Hist. (1948) xxiii. 402 The forsayd Prior..anexed to the same tenement wyt owte lycence of the Kynge or the forsayd Citesynes in usurpacion and acrochement in contempt of owre lygelord the Kynge. c1448 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 344 (MED) The said fynes of xxviii li affexed upon the said meir and comonalte and upon other persones for the said acrochment. 1634 R. Powell Life of Alfred 130 The two edged sword of justice Ecclesiasticall and Saecular, one side whereof was heretofore..rebated by papall accroachment, is full and absolute in his hands. 1676 L. Jenkins Let. 29 Jan. in W. Wynne Life Sir L. Jenkins (1724) I. 374 Monsieur Beverning..hoped God and the World would purge his Masters from the Guilt of having contributed any Thing to this present Accroachment. 1700 R. Brady Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. 377 Their false Imaginations, Deceits, and Accroachments. 1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 Hist. 68/2 The commons..had released spies and other felons imprisoned by the king, which was laid to be an accroachment of royal power. 1831 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 229 An open usurpation of this nature..is a much more dangerous ‘accroachment’ on national authority,..than our ancestors had ever occasion to contend against under that class of arbitrary treasons. 1886 Times 18 Feb. 5/4 The Prussian Government..is..still working to defend to the utmost the citadel bulwarks which it threw up to guard against the accroachments of a Papal imperium in imperio. 1913 Harvard Law Rev. 26 687 Impeachment was..relied upon by the English people to protect the kingdom against the infidelity and accroachments of its ministers through the recurring vicissitudes of turbulent centuries. 1984 J. B. Sanford Winters of that Country 45 But putting forces into the field and pledging them to kill was an accroachment of the King's power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1428
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