Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accroach"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accroach \Ac*croach"\, v. t. [OE. acrochen, accrochen, to
obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; [`a] (L. ad) + croc hook
(E. crook).]
1. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.]
2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal
power. --Stubbs.
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