Invade

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To make an Invasion.

II. Invade ·vt To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.

III. Invade ·vt To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to Enter;

— used of forcible or rude ingress.

IV. Invade ·vt To Attack; to Infringe; to encroach on; to Violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.

V. Invade ·vt To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to Attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.