Definition of intrench

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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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Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.
Vallation :: Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.
Intrench :: 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..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.
Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
Intrench :: 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..
Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench..
Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Palanka :: Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.
Intrenched :: Intrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Intrenc.
Entrench :: Entrench (v. t.) See Intrench.
Intrenchant :: Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.
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