Definition of Intrenches

1. Verb. (third-person singular of intrench) ¹

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Definition of Intrenches

1. intrench [v] - See also: intrench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrenches

intreasure
intreasured
intreasures
intreasuring
intreat
intreatable
intreatance
intreated
intreatful
intreating
intreatingly
intreats
intrench
intrenchant
intrenched
intrenches (current term)
intrenching
intrenchment
intrenchments
intrepid
intrepidities
intrepidity
intrepidly
intrepidness
intrepidnesses
intrest
intresting
intricable
intricacies
intricacy

Literary usage of Intrenches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Friedrich intervening, Daun draws back ; intrenches ... Daun instantly calls halt, at this news; waits, intrenches; and, in a day or two, finding the news ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... in Murcia—O'Don- nel defeated at Castalla—Maitland lands at Alicante—Suchet concentrates his forces at Xativa—intrenches a camp there—Maitland advances ..."

3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... on this event—Operations in Murcia—O'Donnel defeated at Castalia-Mailland lands at Alicante—Suchet concentrates his forces at Xativa—intrenches a camp ..."

4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... this Affair—Lee's Character as a Writer—Some of his Statements examined—Arnold intrenches himself at Portsmouth—Arrangement of Militia—Jefferson's Views ..."

5. A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers by James A. Mowris (1866)
"Arrive at Bermuda Hundred.—Debark.—The succeeding movements, which culminated in the Battle of Drury's Bluff.—The Army of the James withdraws and intrenches ..."

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