intrench
Other words from intrench
- re·in·trench, verb
- un·in·trenched, adjective
Words Nearby intrench
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How to use intrench in a sentence
Did he at all intrench upon your Sovereignty in Verse, because he had now and then written a Comedy that succeeded?
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope | Colley CibberIt is imperative that the invaders should seize and promptly intrench a pre-arranged line of country, to serve as an initial base.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersThe plain was bare and flat: not a tree, not a ditch, nor any elevation behind which he could intrench himself.
The Tiger-Slayer | Gustave AimardLet him go and intrench himself within the walls of Palmyra.
It is necessary on the contrary to gird ourselves, to intrench ourselves.
British Dictionary definitions for intrench
/ (ɪnˈtrɛntʃ) /
a less common spelling of entrench
Derived forms of intrench
- intrencher, noun
- intrenchment, noun
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