Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to entrench
Participle: entrenched
Gerund: entrenching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | entrench |
| you | entrench |
| he;she;it | entrenches |
| we | entrench |
| you | entrench |
| they | entrench |
Perfect
| I | have entrenched |
| you | have entrenched |
| he;she;it | has entrenched |
| we | have entrenched |
| you | have entrenched |
| they | have entrenched |
Past
| I | entrenched |
| you | entrenched |
| he;she;it | entrenched |
| we | entrenched |
| you | entrenched |
| they | entrenched |
Pluperfect
| I | had entrenched |
| you | had entrenched |
| he;she;it | had entrenched |
| we | had entrenched |
| you | had entrenched |
| they | had entrenched |
Future
| I | will entrench |
| you | will entrench |
| he;she;it | will entrench |
| we | will entrench |
| you | will entrench |
| they | will entrench |
Future Perfect
| I | will have entrenched |
| you | will have entrenched |
| he;she;it | will have entrenched |
| we | will have entrenched |
| you | will have entrenched |
| they | will have entrenched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | entrench |
| you | entrench |
| he;she;it | entrench |
| we | entrench |
| you | entrench |
| they | entrench |
Perfect
| I | have entrenched |
| you | have entrenched |
| he;she;it | have entrenched |
| we | have entrenched |
| you | have entrenched |
| they | have entrenched |
Imperfect
| I | entrenched |
| you | entrenched |
| he;she;it | entrenched |
| we | entrenched |
| you | entrenched |
| they | entrenched |
Pluperfect
| I | had entrenched |
| you | had entrenched |
| he;she;it | had entrenched |
| we | had entrenched |
| you | had entrenched |
| they | had entrenched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would entrench |
| you | would entrench |
| he;she;it | would entrench |
| we | would entrench |
| you | would entrench |
| they | would entrench |
Perfect
| I | would have entrenched |
| you | would have entrenched |
| he;she;it | would have entrenched |
| we | would have entrenched |
| you | would have entrenched |
| they | would have entrenched |
Imperative
| you | entrench |
| we | Let's entrench |
| you | entrench |
Verbs conjugated like 'entrench'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'entrench'
intrench,
betrench,
detrench,
entrance,
indrench,
retrench,
trench,
bedrench,
drench,
enarch,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From en- + trench. First attested in the 1550s.
Sample Sentences
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It was this very sword entrenched it. [c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:]
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His face
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Deep scars of thunder had entrenched. [1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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The army entrenched its camp, or entrenched itself.
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To the south were the Varden and the men of Surda, entrenched behind multiple layers of defense, where they displayed a fine panoply of woven standards, ranks of proud tents, and the picketed horses of King Orrin's cavalry. [2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 581:]
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Senator Cornpone was able to entrench by spending millions on each campaign.
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Given these entrenched ideological assumptions about the colonial order, it is no wonder that the state and those groups with an interest in the status quo viewed with suspicion and hostility any challenges to the fixed and "natural" boundaries between different sorts of people. [2009, Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, “Forward”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page 4:]
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For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility. [2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013:]