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  • 41impinge — I verb advance upon, aggress, attack, bang, barge in, break bounds, break in on, bump, butt against, collide, come into collision, contact, dash against, encroach, entrench on, fall against, foray, force oneself in, hit, impingi, impose, incidere …

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  • 42encroach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. advance, infringe, usurp, invade, trespass, intrude, overstep, violate; make inroads. See illegality, overrunning. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. infringe, trespass, invade, overstep; see meddle 1 . See… …

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  • 43exceed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. transcend, surpass, excel, outdo, outstrip, beat; overstep, pass, overdo, go beyond. See superiority. Ant., fall short of. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. outdo, surpass, transcend, excel, distance,… …

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  • 44transgress — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. sin, offend, do wrong, overstep, rebel, disobey, infringe, take the law into one s own hands, break the law, entrench on, encroach upon, write one s own ticket*, fly in the face of the law*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 45encroach — en·croach /in krōch/ vi [Anglo French encrocher, probably alteration of acrocher to catch hold of, seize, usurp, from Old French, from a , prefix stressing goal + croc hook]: to enter esp. gradually or stealthily into the possessions or rights of …

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  • 46trespass — tres·pass 1 / tres pəs, ˌpas/ n [Anglo French trespas violation of the law, actionable wrong, from Old French, crossing, passage, from trespasser to go across, from tres across + passer to pass]: wrongful conduct causing harm to another: as a: a… …

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  • 47infringe — in·fringe /in frinj/ vb in·fringed, in·fring·ing [Medieval Latin infringere, from Latin, to break, crush, from in in + frangere to break] vt: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another the right of the people to keep and …

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  • 48accroach — I verb appropriate, arrogate, assume, break bounds, encroach, impose upon, infringe, interlope, intrude, invade, obtrude, overstep, presume on, take over, transgress, trespass, usurp II index annex (arrogate), assume (seize) …

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  • 49transcend — I verb be better, be superior, best, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, excellere, exsuperare, go beyond, outdistance, outdo, outrank, outrival, outshine, outstrip, outvie, outweigh, overpass, overshadow, overstep, overtop, pass, predominate,… …

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  • 50advance — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, Great Leap Forward, Wall Street loan, abet, accelerate, access, accession, accommodate with, accommodation, accomplishment, accost, accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, acculturate, accumulate,… …

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