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   Intrench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intrenching.]
   
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   1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
   
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   It was this very sword intrenched it. Shak.
   
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   Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. Milton.
   
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   2. 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”. “In the suburbs close intrenched.”  Shak.
   
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   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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   We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. Locke.
   
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