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entrenched

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en·trench  (n-trnch) also in·trench (n-)
v. en·trenched also in·trenched, en·trench·ing also in·trench·ing, en·trench·es also in·trench·es
v.tr.
1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending.
2. To fix firmly or securely: "Today managed care plans are entrenched in the economy, enrolling 61 percent of the population" (Peter T. Kilborn).
v.intr.
1. To dig or occupy a trench.
2. To encroach, infringe, or trespass.

en·trenchment n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.entrenched - dug in
invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
2.entrenched - established firmly and securely; "the entrenched power of the nobility"
constituted, established - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"

entrenched intrenched
adjective fixed, set, firm, rooted, well-established, ingrained, deep-seated, deep-rooted, indelible, unshakable, ineradicable Japan's entrenched business practices
Translations
entrenched [ɪnˈtrentʃt] ADJ
1. (pej) (= established) [idea, belief, attitude] → arraigado; [position, power] → afianzado
deeply entrenched [idea, belief, attitude] → profundamente arraigado; [position, power] → firmemente afianzado
to be entrenched in the belief/view thatmantener obcecadamente la creencia/opinión de que ...
he's too entrenched in the pastestá demasiado anclado en el pasado
2. (Mil) → atrincherado
entrenched [ɪnˈtrɛntʃt] adj [ideas, positions] → arrêté(e); [interests] → bien établi(e)
strongly entrenched → fermement enraciné(e)
entrenched
adj
(= established) positionunbeugsam; ideasfestgefügt; belief, attitudefest verwurzelt; interestsetabliert; power, bureaucracyetabliert, festgesetzt; behaviour, personinflexibel; deeply entrenched beliefs/prejudicestief verwurzelte Überzeugungen/Vorurteile pl; to be/become entrenched in something (word, custom)sich in etw (dat)eingebürgert haben/einbürgern; (idea, prejudice)sich in etw (dat)festgesetzt haben/festsetzen; (belief)in etw (dat)verwurzelt sein/sich in etw (dat)verwurzeln; you’re too entrenched in the pastSie sind zu sehr in der Vergangenheit verhaftet
(Mil) → eingegraben, verschanzt; to take up entrenched positionssich verschanzen
entrenched [ɪnˈtrɛntʃt] adj (Mil) → trincerato/a (fig) → radicato/a
entrenched [ɪnˈtrɛntʃt] adj (Mil) → trincerato/a (fig) → radicato/a


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Mahomet preserved his own life not without difficulty, but did not lose his capacity with the battle: he had still a great number of troops remaining, which he rallied, and entrenched himself at Membret, a place naturally strong, with an intention to pass the winter there, and wait for succours.
the Squire was sick and peevish; he had been all day glooming over Dick's estrangement - for so he put it to himself, and now with growls, cold words, and the cold shoulder, he beat off all advances, and entrenched himself in a just resentment.
Sometimes he remembered how he had heard that soldiers in war when entrenched under the enemy's fire, if they have nothing to do, try hard to find some occupation the more easily to bear the danger.
 
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