intransitive verb. undefined

To make a trench or furrow in; furrow; cut.

To surround as with a trench or ditch.

To fortify with a trench or ditch and parapet; strengthen or protect by walls of defense: as, to intrench a camp or an army.

Hence To fortify or defend by any protecting agency; surround with or guard by anything that affords additional security against attack.

To invade; encroach: with on or upon.

Synonyms Encroach upon, Infringe upon, etc. See trespass, v.i.

To incise; cut down or deepen the valley of (a stream).

transitive verb. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

transitive verb. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet.

intransitive verb. 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.

verb. 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.

verb. fix firmly or securely

"When taxes go so far as to intrench on the Subsistence of the People, they become burdensome and oppressive."

fasten  fix  secure  

back-breaking  berm  boyaux  breastwork  disservice  

circumvallate  dike  encroach  furrow  invade  

intrenched  intrenching