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intrench

[in-trench]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

entrench.

Related forms

re·in·trench, verb

un·in·trenched, adjective

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entrench or intrench (ɪnˈtrɛntʃ)

—vb
1.	(tr) to construct (a defensive position) by digging trenches around it
2.	(tr) to fix or establish firmly, esp so as to prevent removal or change
3.	(intr; foll by on or upon) to trespass or encroach; infringe

intrench or intrench

—vb

en'trenched or intrench

—*adj*

in'trenched or intrench

—*adj*

en'trencher or intrench

—n

in'trencher or intrench

—n

intrench (ɪnˈtrɛntʃ)

—vb
	a less common spelling of entrench

in'trencher

—n

in'trenchment

—n

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"The weapons with which we have gained our most important victories, which should be handed down as heirlooms from father to son, are not the sword and the lance, but the bushwhack, the turf-cutter, the spade, and the bog hoe, rusted with the blood of many a meadow, and begrimed with the dust of many a hard-fought field. The very winds blew the Indian's cornfield into the meadow, and pointed out the way which he had not the skill to follow. He had no better implement with which to intrench himself in the land than a clamshell. But the farmer is armed with plow and spade."

-Henry David Thoreau

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