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verb

Invade v. t. (past & past part. invaded; pres. part. invading)

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."

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."

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

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

Synonyms: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See Attack.

Invade v. i. To make an invasion.

adjective

invading adj. Same as invasive (1).

Synonyms: incursive, invasive.

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Etymology of 'Invading'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Invading" Quotes from Famous Books

... reason enthroned. Later it became necessary to add the captain's sturdy countenance to his list of exorcising spirits. Now Bobby routed them all, not only taking entire possession of his mind, but actually invading Hascombe Hall, dancing through the gloomy, corridors, and waking the echoes with her youth ...

— The Honorable Percival • Alice Hegan Rice

... swiftly, and he followed her into the courtyard. All its fences had fallen in a long time ago; the neighbours' buffaloes would pace in the morning across the open space, snorting profoundly, without haste; the very jungle was invading it already. Jim and the girl stopped in the rank grass. The light in which they stood made a dense blackness all round, and only above their heads there was an opulent glitter of stars. He told me it was a beautiful night—quite ...

— Lord Jim • Joseph Conrad

... despair execute was resorted to for a few days' prolonging of life. Then came the scourge of contagious fever, sweeping numbers away with desolating fury. While these terrible calamities raged among the Hurons, the Iroquois seized the opportunity of again invading them. The village of St. John, containing nearly 3000 souls, was the first point of attack. The feeble inhabitants offered no resistance, and, with their missionary, were totally destroyed. Most of the remnant of this unhappy tribe then took the resolution of presenting themselves ...

— The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Warburton

... as he still remained confined with the wound he had received in the prior engagement, in which he had been victorious. A portion of Fakoo's army was sent against him, and he fled with the loss of all the cattle and treasures he had collected; and thus was the invading force at last totally dispersed and not heard ...

— The Mission; or Scenes in Africa • Captain Frederick Marryat

... purposes. It can punish piracy, but it cannot declare what shall, or shall not, be piracy; as this would be invading the authority of international law. Under the general power to pass laws, that are necessary to carry out the system, it can derive no authority; since there can be no legal necessity for any such ...

— Ned Myers • James Fenimore Cooper

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