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Webster 1913 Edition


Invasion

In-va′sion

,
Noun.
[L.
invasio
: cf. F.
invasion
. See
Invade
.]
1.
The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
2.
A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.
Syn.
Invasion
,
Irruption
,
Inroad
.
Invasion is the generic term, denoting a forcible entrance into a foreign country. Incursion signifies a hasty and sudden invasion. Irruption denotes particularly violent invasion. Inroad is entry by some unusual way involving trespass and injury.

Webster 1828 Edition


Invasion

INVA'SION

,
Noun.
s as z. [L. invasio, from invado. See Invade.]
1.
A hostile entrance into the possessions of another; particularly, the entrance of a hostile army into a country for the purpose of conquest or plunder, or the attack of a military force. The north of England and south of Scotland were for centuries subject to invasion, each from the other. The invasion of England by William the Norman, was in 1066.
2.
An attack on the rights of another; infringement or violation.
3.
Attack of a disease; as the invasion of the plague, in Egypt.

Definition 2024


invasión

invasión

See also: invasion and Invasion

Asturian

Noun

invasión f (plural invasiones)

  1. invasion

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin invāsio, invasionem.

Noun

invasión f (plural invasións)

  1. invasion

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin invāsio, invasionem.

Noun

invasión f (plural invasiones)

  1. invasion
  2. trespass

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