infringe

== English == === Alternative forms === enfringe (archaic) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɪndʒ === Verb === infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed) (transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc. Near-synonym: flout (intransitive) To break in or encroach on something. Near-synonym: impinge (transitive, dated) To furnish or embellish with a fringe. ==== Synonyms ==== (Break or violate a treaty, a law): transgress ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== infraction ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “infringe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “infringe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “infringe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Infinger, enfiring, refining == Latin == === Verb === īnfringe second-person singular present active imperative of īnfringō == Portuguese == === Verb === infringe inflection of infringir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === infringe inflection of infringir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative