verb
To surround
fortify, dig in, barricade, protect; see defend 1, surround 2.
To trespass
encroach, infringe, invade; see meddle 1.
See entrench in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible:
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