rooted
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Root \Root\ (r[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Rooting}.]
1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
root and begin to grow.
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In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer.
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2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
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If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to
cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to
root and fasten by concealment. --Bp. Fell.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "rooted":
acknowledged, admitted, basic, chronic, confirmed, conventional,
customary, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded,
deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled,
dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved,
entrenched, essential, established, etched, fast, firm,
firmly established, fixed, folk, fundamental, graven, hallowed,
handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial, implanted, impressed,
imprinted, inbred, incorrigible, inculcated, indelibly impressed,
infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inherent, instilled, intrinsic,
inveterate, inwrought, irreversible, legendary, long-established,
long-standing, mythological, of long standing, of the folk,
old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, oral, prescriptive, radical,
received, recognized, set, settled, settled in habit, stabilized,
thorough, time-honored, traditional, tried and true, true-blue,
understood, unwritten, venerable, vested, well-established,
well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled, worshipful
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