encroach
verbTo gradually intrude on another person's space, time, or rights.
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Clear all filtersTo gradually intrude on another person's space, time, or rights.
A gradual intrusion into another space, right, or activity.
Intrusion beyond a boundary
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An earnest attempt or sustained effort toward a goal.
Regularly present or characteristic within a particular place or group.
Originating within the system or organism being considered.
Attractive or interesting enough to hold attention.
To cause a feeling, situation, or condition to arise.
Cause to arise
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Absorbed in something to the exclusion of other concerns.
To improve or increase a quality, value, or effect.
Improve a quality or effect
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Something puzzling or difficult to understand.
Extreme wickedness or outrageousness.
To involve or require as a necessary part or consequence.
To hold someone's attention completely through fascination or delight.
Hold spellbound
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To attract or persuade someone by offering something appealing.
A group of companions, assistants, or attendants surrounding a person.
To list or specify items one by one.
An orderly listing or count of separate items.
To imagine or picture a future possibility.
A long narrative, especially one involving heroic or momentous events.
A concluding section that follows the main work.
A person or thing that perfectly represents a quality or type.
To represent the essential qualities of something.
A distinctive period marked by significant developments.
Either of the two annual times when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, with day and night approximately equal in length.
Annual crossing of the celestial equator
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