'Intrench' definitions:
Definition of 'Intrench'
From: GCIDE
- Intrench \In*trench"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intrench'
From: GCIDE
- Intrench \In*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Intrenching.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. [1913 Webster]
- It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]