Crossword-Solution: INTRENCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Intrench | v. t. | To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. |
| Intrench | v. t. | To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. |
| Intrench | v. i. | To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown. |
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Hint 1 meaning
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Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with INTRENCH (5)
Never would he admit himself to be mistaken; when cornered, he would intrench himself behind the remark, “Yes, that's all very well.
The Prince’s espials have informed me How the English, in the suburbs close intrench’d, Wont, through a secret grate of iron bars In yonder tower, to overpeer the city, And thence discover how with most advantage They may vex us with shot or with assault.
Were you, that are the friends of Tamburlaine, [142] Brothers of [143] holy Mahomet himself, I would not yield it; therefore do your worst: Raise mounts, batter, intrench, and undermine, Cut off the water, all convoys that can, [144] Yet I am [145] resolute: and so, farewell.
Pioners, away! and where I stuck the stake, Intrench with those dimensions I prescrib'd; Cast up the earth towards the castle-wall, Which, till it may defend you, labour low, And few or none shall perish by their shot.
Both we, Theridamas, will intrench our men, And with the Jacob's staff measure the height And distance of the castle from the trench, That we may know if our artillery Will carry full point-blank unto their walls.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1962).