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Definition of Take root
1. Verb. Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style. "He finally settled down"
Generic synonyms: Stabilise, Stabilize
Specialized synonyms: Roost
Definition of Take root
1. Verb. (intransitive literally) To grow roots into soil. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive figuratively) To become established, to take hold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Root
Literary usage of Take root
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"To be in vogue is a matter of luck, yet it can be encouraged by skill, for art
can best take root on a soil favoured by nature. There goodwill grows and ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1825)
"For never will French vanity allow a privileged class of nobles to take root in
public opinion, and exact, as a matter of hereditary right, the deference ..."
3. Human Geography: An Attempt at a Positive Classification, Principles and by Jean Brunhes, Isaiah Bowman, Richard Elwood Dodge, Irville Charles Le Compte (1920)
"... could a cereal so difficult to cultivate manage to take root in so many
countries and become the chief article of food for hundreds of millions of men? ..."
4. The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and by William Jay (1833)
"If it should not take root in this soil, little pains will be taken to cultivate
it in any other. I have the honour to be, with great respect, Dear sir, ..."
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