intrench
VerbSynonyms:
entrench
WordNet 3.0
Verb (1)
- fix firmly or securelySynonyms: entrench
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. [1913 Webster]
It was this very sword intrenched it.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In the suburbs close intrenched." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Intrench \In*trench"\, v. i. To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown. [1913 Webster]
We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. --Locke. [1913 Webster]