Infringe Definition

ĭn-frĭnj
infringed, infringes, infringing
verb
infringed, infringes, infringing
To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate.
Infringe a contract; infringe a patent.
American Heritage
To break (a law or agreement); fail to observe the terms of; violate.
Webster's New World
To defeat; invalidate.
American Heritage
To encroach on someone or something; engage in trespassing.
An increased workload that infringed on his personal life.
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idiom
infringe on
  • to break in on; encroach or trespass on

    to infringe on their right to privacy

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Infringe

  • infringe on

Origin of Infringe

  • Latin īnfringere to destroy in- intensive pref. in–2 frangere to break bhreg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

    From Wiktionary

Infringe Sentence Examples

  • Beware of making any distinctions which may infringe equality.

  • Perhaps one could boldly suggest that an SEP could not directly infringe a third party's trade mark.

  • Of course it is the local authority who will ultimately decide on planning permission for any structure that will potentially infringe the aerodrome airspace.

  • The MorphoSys action asked the court to revoke CAT's Griffiths patent and/or declare that MorphoSys does not infringe the patent.

  • Rapacious development must not be allowed to infringe green spaces in the Calder valley.

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Words Starting With

IININF

Words Ending With

EGENGE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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