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in·fringe

(ĭn-frĭnj′)

v. in·fringed, in·fring·ing, in·fring·es

v.tr.

1. To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate: infringe a contract; infringe a patent.

2. Obsolete To defeat; invalidate.

v.intr.

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

[Latin īnfringere, to destroy : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

in·fring′er n.

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infringe

(ɪnˈfrɪndʒ)

1. (tr) to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)

2. (intr; foll by on or upon) to encroach or trespass

[C16: from Latin infringere to break off, from frangere to break]

inˈfringement n

inˈfringer n

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in•fringe

(ɪnˈfrɪndʒ)

v. -fringed, -fring•ing. v.t.

1. to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright.

v.i.

2. to encroach or trespass (usu. fol. by on or upon): to infringe on someone's privacy.

[1525–35; < Latin infringere to break, weaken =in- in-² + frangere to break]

in•fring′er, n.

syn: See trespass.

impinge, infringe - To impinge is to come into contact or encroach or have an impact; to infringe is to encroach on a right or privilege or to violate.

infringe

Past participle: infringed
Gerund: infringing

Imperative
infringe
infringe

Present
I infringe
you infringe
he/she/it infringes
we infringe
you infringe
they infringe

Preterite
I infringed
you infringed
he/she/it infringed
we infringed
you infringed
they infringed

Present Continuous
I am infringing
you are infringing
he/she/it is infringing
we are infringing
you are infringing
they are infringing

Present Perfect
I have infringed
you have infringed
he/she/it has infringed
we have infringed
you have infringed
they have infringed

Past Continuous
I was infringing
you were infringing
he/she/it was infringing
we were infringing
you were infringing
they were infringing

Past Perfect
I had infringed
you had infringed
he/she/it had infringed
we had infringed
you had infringed
they had infringed

Future
I will infringe
you will infringe
he/she/it will infringe
we will infringe
you will infringe
they will infringe

Future Perfect
I will have infringed
you will have infringed
he/she/it will have infringed
we will have infringed
you will have infringed
they will have infringed

Future Continuous
I will be infringing
you will be infringing
he/she/it will be infringing
we will be infringing
you will be infringing
they will be infringing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been infringing
you have been infringing
he/she/it has been infringing
we have been infringing
you have been infringing
they have been infringing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been infringing
you will have been infringing
he/she/it will have been infringing
we will have been infringing
you will have been infringing
they will have been infringing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been infringing
you had been infringing
he/she/it had been infringing
we had been infringing
you had been infringing
they had been infringing

Conditional
I would infringe
you would infringe
he/she/it would infringe
we would infringe
you would infringe
they would infringe

Past Conditional
I would have infringed
you would have infringed
he/she/it would have infringed
we would have infringed
you would have infringed
they would have infringed

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Verb	1.	infringe - go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" contravene, run afoul, conflict breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
	2.	infringe - advance beyond the usual limit encroach, impinge advance, march on, move on, progress, pass on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

infringe

verb break, violate, contravene, disobey, transgress The film exploited his image and infringed his copyright.

infringe on or upon something intrude on, compromise, undermine, limit, weaken, diminish, disrupt, curb, encroach on, trespass on It's starting to infringe on our personal liberties.

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infringe

verb

To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation):

breach, break, contravene, transgress, violate.

Translations

يَخْرِقُ، يُخالِف

porušitpřekročit

krænkeovertræde

übertreten

conculcar

enfreindre dédaigner

brjóta í bága viî

infrangere violare

ierobežotpārkāpt

çiğnemekkarşı gelmek

侵犯违反

infringe

[ɪnˈfrɪndʒ]

A. VT [+ law, rights, copyright] → infringir, violar

B. VI to infringe (up)on [+ sb's rights, interests, privacy] → violar

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infringe

[ɪnˈfrɪndʒ]

vt [+ rules, regulations] → enfreindre; [+ rights] → enfreindre; [+ copyright] → enfreindre
They took us to court for infringing copyright laws → Ils nous ont poursuivis pour infraction au copyright.

vi
to infringe on [+ rights] → porter atteinte à
to infringe on sb's freedom → porter atteinte à la liberté de qn
to infringe on sb's privacy → porter atteinte à la vie privée de qn

infringe

vt → verstoßen gegen; law also → verletzen, übertreten; copyright also → verletzen; rights → verletzen, eingreifen in (+acc)

vi to infringe (up)on somebody’s rights → in jds Rechte (acc) → eingreifen, jds Rechte verletzen

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infringe

[ɪnˈfrɪndʒ]

1. vt (law) → infrangere, violare; (rights, copyright) → violare

2. vi (encroach) to infringe on or upon (rights) → violare; (privacy) → invadere

infringe

(inˈfrindʒ) verb

to break (a law etc) or interfere with (a person's freedom or rights).

inˈfringement noun

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But after Bell had explained his invention in public lectures before more than twenty thousand people, after it had been on exhibition for months at the Philadelphia Centennial, after several hundred articles on it had appeared in newspapers and scientific magazines, and after actual sales of telephones had been made in various parts of the country, there began to appear such a succession of claimants and infringers that the forgetful public came to believe that the telephone, like most inventions, was the product of many minds.

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