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Infringe   /ɪnfrˈɪndʒ/   Listen
Infringe

verb
(past & past part. infringed; pres. part. infringing)
1.
Go against, as of rules and laws.  Synonyms: conflict, contravene, run afoul.  "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
2.
Advance beyond the usual limit.  Synonyms: encroach, impinge.



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... beautiful Gy, that I infringe the law of Aph-Lin, which is more binding on myself than any one, if I answer questions so innocent. The Gy-ei in my country are much fairer of hue than I am, and their average height is at least ...
— The Coming Race • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... and to the country. On previous occasions, it has been my custom to set forth proposals for legislative action in the coming year. But that is not my purpose today. The presentation of a legislative program falls properly to my successor, not to me, and I would not infringe upon his responsibility to chart the forward course. Instead, I wish to speak of the course we have been following the past eight years and the position ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... over Friday, the wind moderating by the following daylight. The swell requires more time to subside; but it was now Saturday, the next day would be Sunday, and the admiral, I think, was a religious man, unwilling to infringe upon the observance of the day, for himself or for the men. His service on the station was up, and, indeed, his time for retirement, at sixty-two, had arrived; there remained for him only to go home, and for this he was ...
— From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life • Captain A. T. Mahan

... man's estate, I might set matters on a surer footing? I had hoped—I had greatly hoped, so to rule affairs, that the Earl might own that his training had not been lost on his nephew, and that the Crown might be trusted not to infringe the Charter. I had hoped that he might yet be my wisest counsellor. But, Richard, I too had supporters who outran my commands. Bitter hatred and malice had been awakened, and cruel resolves that none should be spared. When I returned from bearing my father, bleeding and dismayed, ...
— The Prince and the Page • Charlotte M. Yonge

... be sown by invidious reflections. Men may be goaded by the constant attempt to infringe upon rights and to traduce community character, and in the resentment which follows it is not possible to tell how far the case may be driven. I therefore plead to you now to arrest a fanaticism which has been evil in the beginning, and must be evil to the end. You may not have ...
— Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis 1858 • Hon. Jefferson Davis


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