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Definitions for: Invade
[v] march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
[v] penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"
[v] to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
[v] occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "cockroaches invaded my kitchen"; "Ants overran the picnic table"; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
Webster (1913) Definition: In*vade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invaded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Invading.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere
to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See
Wade.]
1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to
enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.]
Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state
of life, out of the grisly shade. --Spenser.
2. 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.
Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. --Milton.
3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as,
the king invaded the rights of the people.
4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and
progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
Syn: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See Attack.
In*vade", v. i.
To make an invasion. --Brougham.
Synonyms: encroach upon, infest, intrude on, obtrude upon, occupy, overrun
See Also: assail, attack, come in, enter, foray into, get in, get into, go in, go into, infest, inhabit, interpenetrate, move into, occupy, overrun, permeate, raid
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