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Definitions: ACCROACH |
ACCROACHTransitive verb1. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. 2. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. |
Etymology: Accroach \Ac*croach"\, transitive verb. [from Old English expression acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, Old French acrochier, French accrocher; [`a] (L. ad) croc hook (E. crook).]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Taking | Oust; (eject); divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb; (suck in); draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "accroach"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | accroachay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-h-o-r" | |
-1 letter: caroach. | |
-2 letters: caroch. | |
-3 letters: cacao, coach, orach, roach. | |
-4 letters: arch, arco, caca, chao, char, coca, croc, haar, hoar, hora, orca. | |
-5 letters: aah, aha, arc, car, cor, hao, oar, oca, ora, orc, rah, rho, roc. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-c-h-o-r" | |
+5 letters: cacographical, ochlocratical, saccharomyces. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 43 43 52 4F 41 43 48 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. .-. --- .- -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000011 01000011 01010010 01001111 01000001 01000011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A C C R O A C H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0043 0043 0052 004F 0041 0043 0048 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3537375249353742 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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