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To infringe is defined as to violate a law or agreement, or to exceed limits.

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An example of to infringe is breaking a hospital's rule of no smoking on hospital grounds.
An example of to infringe is to build a fence that extends onto your neighbor's property.

See infringe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb infringed, infringing

to break (a law or agreement); fail to observe the terms of; violate

Origin: L infringere, to break off, break, impair, violate < in-, in + frangere, to break

Related Forms:

infringement noun

See infringe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb in·fringed, in·fring·ing, in·fring·es

verb, transitive

To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate: infringe a contract; infringe a patent.
Obsolete To defeat; invalidate.

verb, intransitive

To encroach on someone or something; engage in trespassing: an increased workload that infringed on his personal life.

Origin:

Origin: Latin īnfringere, to destroy

Origin: : in-, intensive pref.; see in-²

Origin: + frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

in·fringˈer noun

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