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Infringe   /ɪnfrˈɪndʒ/   Listen
verb
Infringe  v. t.  (past & past part. infringed; pres. part. infringing)  
1.
To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law, right, or contract. "If the first that did the edict infringe, Had answered for his deed." "The peace... was infringed by Appius Claudius."
2.
To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power. (Obs.)


Infringe  v. i.  
1.
To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.
2.
To encroach; to trespass; followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.





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... misery fell on him; the tone of honor was high with him; he might be reckless of everything else, but he could never be reckless in what infringed, or went nigh to infringe, a very stringent code. Bertie never reasoned in that way; he simply followed the instincts of his breeding without analyzing them; but these led him safely and surely right in all his dealings with his fellow-men, however open to censure his ...
— Under Two Flags • Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]
... the speakers, a practice that could be systematically worked, if nothing else would do. Both methods have their obvious disadvantages. The arbitrary selection of speakers, even by the most impartial Committee of Selection, would, according to our present notions, seem to infringe upon a natural right, the right of each member of a body to deliver an opinion, and give the reasons for it. It would seem like reviving the censorship of the press, to allow only a select number to ...
— Practical Essays • Alexander Bain
... whale like some huge carrack lay, Which wanteth sea-room with her foes to play; Slowly she swims; and when, provoked, she would Advance her tail, her head salutes the mud; 150 The shallow water doth her force infringe, And renders vain her tail's impetuous swinge; The shining steel her tender sides receive, And there, like bees, they ...
— Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham • Edmund Waller; John Denham
... relation between Christ and Christians, opposites meet without hostile collision. His ownership is absolute, and yet there is freedom in full. His lordship does not limit their liberty; their liberty does not infringe his rights. What a glorious liberty this earth-ball enjoys! How it careers along through space, threading its way through thronging worlds, and giving each a safe wide berth in the ocean of the infinite! ...
— The Parables of Our Lord • William Arnot
... the doctor. "Why did not all classes approach this difficulty in a businesslike way and work together to remove it? Why did not the state see that the right of private contract was a safe and useful one for all sides, and cease to infringe on it by law? Why did not the public teachers make a combined and continued effort to instill a conciliatory spirit into both sides, and to show how peace and brotherly feeling would be a mutual blessing? ...
— Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World • James Cowan


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