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Entrench   /ɛntrˈɛntʃ/   Listen
verb
entrench  v. t.  
1.
(Mil.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet. Same as intrench.
2.
To establish in a position from which dislodgement is difficult; to place firmly in a strong position.
3.
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
Synonyms: intrench.





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... entrench themselves on the White Mountain near Prague, when they were attacked by the Imperial and Bavarian armies, on the 8th November, 1620. In the beginning of the action, some advantages were gained by ...
— The History of the Thirty Years' War • Friedrich Schiller, Translated by Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A.
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... forsooth, like yours, your leaders' lives? (12) Nay! never shall our safety be the price Of base betrayal! Not for boon of life We wage a civil war. This name of peace Drags us to slavery. Ne'er from depths of earth, Fain to withdraw her wealth, should toiling men Draw store of iron; ne'er entrench a town; Ne'er should the war-horse dash into the fray Nor fleet with turret bulwarks breast the main, If freedom for dishonourable peace Could thus be bought. The foe are pledged to fight By their own guilt. But ...
— Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars • Lucan
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... being a volunteer in the crusade against the most insidious and dangerous foe that has ever assailed a land; a foe that seeks to entrench itself by emasculating the citizens and degrading them to a position of servants of mighty ...
— The Transgressors - Story of a Great Sin • Francis A. Adams
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... British mission. On the same day, orders were sent to Brigadier General Massy—at that time commanding the field force in the Khurum valley—to move the 23rd Punjaub Pioneers, the 5th Ghoorkas, and a mountain battery to the crest of the Shatur-Gardan Pass, and to entrench themselves there. ...
— For Name and Fame - Or Through Afghan Passes • G. A. Henty
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... yeomanry and the rural gentry of England. Probable enough it is, that the resources for meeting this liberality were not strictly commensurate with the family income, but were sometimes allowed to entrench, by means of loans or mortgages, upon capital funds. The stress upon the family finances was perhaps at times severe; and that it was borne at all, must be imputed to the large and even splendid portion which John Shakspeare ...
— Biographical Essays • Thomas de Quincey
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