intrench

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It proceeded to intrench itself in political as well as in financial power.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus, Myers

Seymour had advanced, contrary to the orders given him by General Gillmore, from Baldwin's Station, where he was instructed to intrench and await orders.

From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Wilson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas)

Did he at all intrench upon your Sovereignty in Verse, because he had now and then written a Comedy that succeeded?

From A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Cibber, Colley

Fearful of being attacked before they could intrench, they immediately set to work with their axes to throw together a brushwood fence, while thirty soldiers were stationed in front toward the river, to repel assault.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler

Here the Yankees will intrench themselves, and cannot be dislodged.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp