INVA'DE, 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. 2Esdras.

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.