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entrench (iou)



entrench verb. . M16.
[from EN-1, IN-2 + TRENCH noun, verb.]
verb trans. Place within a trench; surround with a trench or trenches as fortification; establish firmly in a defensible position. M16.
Wellington A camp which they had strongly entrenched.
verb trans. fig. Fortify as if in a trench; spec. (Politics) safeguard by constitutional provision; provide for the legal or political perpetuation of. L16.
Daily Telegraph What was proposed amounted to entrenching the political supremacy of the native Melanesian people at the expense of the Indians.
verb intrans. & refl. Establish a well-defended position. L16.
W. S. Churchill He held all the Channel ports, and had entrenched himself from Namur through Antwerp to the sea.
verb trans. Make (a wound) by cutting. rare. L16-E17.
verb intrans. Encroach, trespass, (upon); trench. M17.
J. Wesley Let not the gentlewoman entrench upon the Christian.