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Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-trench

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtrɛntʃ

Definition of entrench

Origin : 1550s, implied in intrenched, from en- (1) "make, put in" + trench. Figurative use is from 1590s. Related: Entrenched; entrenching.

verb establish, make inroads
verb trespass

Example sentences :

They entrench themselves in fortresses against the Indians and wild beasts.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

Some entrench the gates, or bring up supply of stones and poles.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

The convicts might entrench themselves at that point, and defend it.
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

But we will entrench and defend ourselves till your return.'
Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables

"Every time you bribe these rascals for a franchise you entrench them," he cried.
Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill

And in his uncertainty he made it a point to entrench himself by means of “politics.”
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

They found certain protection, and there they commenced to entrench.
Extract from : « Australia in Arms » by Phillip F.E. Schuler

The plan adopted on our side was simply to entrench and wait.
Extract from : « History of the Zulu War » by A. Wilmot

I do not wish to entrench on Mrs. E.s province—how tiresome she must be!
Extract from : « Miss Eden's Letters » by Emily Eden

All that night the Federals worked to entrench the front of the army.
Extract from : « Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous » by Sarah K. Bolton

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