Present tense third person singular of encroach; gradually moves into or takes over something that belongs to another.
From en- + croach, with -es conjugation for present third person. Standard verb conjugation of the base word encroach.
Every time a city expands into farmland or a glacier retreats from a valley, something new encroaches on what was there before—it's nature and civilization in constant spatial negotiation!
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