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   Plant (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planted; p. pr. & vb. n. Planting.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]
   1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, “to plant maize”.
   
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   2. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.
   
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   Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees. Deut. xvi. 21.
   
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   3. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, “to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest”.
   
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   4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
   
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   It engenders choler, planteth anger. Shak.
   
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   5. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, “to plant a colony”.
   
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   Planting of countries like planting of woods. Bacon.
   
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   6. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, “to plant Christianity among the heathen”.
   
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   7. To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, “to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.”
   
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   8. To set up; to install; to instate.
   
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   We will plant some other in the throne. Shak.
   
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   Planted (?), a. (Joinery) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, “a planted molding”.
   
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