Hypertext Webster Gateway: "invaded"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Invade \In*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invaded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Invading}.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere
to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See
{Wade}.]
1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to
enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.]

Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state
of life, out of the grisly shade. --Spenser.

2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to
conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack;
as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.

Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. --Milton.

3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as,
the king invaded the rights of the people.

4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and
progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.

Syn: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See {Attack}.


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