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Definition of entrench verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

entrench

verb

NAmE//ɪnˈtrɛntʃ//

[usually passive] entrench something (sometimes disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they entrench

he / she / it entrenches

past simple entrenched

-ing form entrenching

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to establish something very firmly so that it is very difficult to change Sexism is deeply entrenched in our society. entrenched attitudes/interests/opposition This idea had firmly entrenched itself in his consciousness.

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