invasive

English

/ɪnˈveɪsɪv/

adj
Definitions
  • That invades a foreign country using military force.
  • Relating to military aggression generally.
  • (of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
  • (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) That invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
  • Intrusive on one's privacy.
  • Coming from outside; originating externally.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French invasif derived from Latin invasivus root from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (go, pass, cross, walk, wade).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weh₂dʰ-

Gloss

go, pass, cross, walk, wade

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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