INFRINGE
In*fringe", v. i.
1. To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.
2. To encroach; to trespass; — followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.
INFRINGEMENT
In*fringe"ment, n.
1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution. The punishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is. Clarendon.
2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.
INFRINGER
In*frin"ger, n.
Defn: One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.
INFRUCTUOSE
In*fruc"tu*ose", a. Etym: [L.infructuosus. See In- not, and Fruit.]
Defn: Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. [R.] T. Adams.