intrench Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb fix firmly or securely
entrench.
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In*trench" transitive verb
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To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. It was this very sword intrenched it. Shak.
His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. Milton.
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To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; "In the suburbs close intrenched." Shak.as, the army .intrenched their camp, orintrenched itself
In*trench" intransitive verb
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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 ofintrenching on the prerogative of the crownWe are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. Locke.