| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·fringe |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-frnj |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: in·fringed, in·fring·ing, in·fring·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate: infringe a contract; infringe a patent. 2. Obsolete To defeat; invalidate. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To encroach on someone or something; engage in trespassing: an increased workload that infringed on his personal life. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin  nfringere, to destroy : in-, intensive pref.; see in–2 + frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·fringer —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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