intrench

[ in-trench ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. entrench.

intrench

/ ɪnˈtrɛntʃ /

verb

1. a less common spelling of entrench

Derived Forms

• inˈtrencher, noun
• inˈtrenchment, noun

Other Words From

• rein·trench verb
• unin·trenched adjective

Example Sentences

At the same time, we should all acknowledge that the no-fly list is an abomination, and it’s shameful that the Democratic party is not only defending its use but trying to further legitimize and intrench it into America’s laws.

From The Guardian

And now it remained for France to unite the two extremities of her broad American domain, to extend forts and settlements across the fertile solitudes between the valley of the St. Lawrence and the mouth of the Mississippi, and intrench herself among the forests which lie west of the Alleghanies, before the swelling tide of British colonization could overflow those mountain barriers.

From Project Gutenberg

But the New Lights being now ordered to take another tack, and being promised a good fabrication of facts to fortify our position, we rested on our arms like soldiers confident in the talents of their general to intrench them in their new camp, secure against every charge of the enemy.

From Project Gutenberg

It also happens sometimes that brigands intrench themselves upon a mountain, in the interior of the country, and all the force of the empire is insufficient to dislodge them.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead of pursuing his advantage, General Lovell took a position within seven hundred and fifty yards of the enemy's works, and began to intrench.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• transgress
• violate