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Webster 1913 Edition

Invade

In-vade′

,
Verb.
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
.
Syn. – To attack; assail; encroach upon. See
Attack
.

In-vade′

,
Verb.
I.
To make an invasion.
Brougham.

Webster 1828 Edition

Invade

INVA'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. invado; in and vado, to go.]
1.
To enter a country, as an army with hostile intentions; to enter as an enemy, with a view to conquest or plunder; to attack. The French armies invaded Holland in 1795. They invaded Russia and perished.
2.
To attack; to assail; to assault.
There shall be seditions among men and invading one another. 2 Esdras.
3.
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate. The king invaded the rights and privileges of the people, and the people invaded the prerogatives of the king.
4.
To go into; a Latinism. [Not used.]
5.
To fall on; to attack; to seize; as a disease.

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