planted

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held“deep-rooted prejudice”“deep-seated differences of opinion”“implanted convictions”“ingrained habits of a lifetime”“a deeply planted need”Synonyms: deep-rooteddeep-seatedimplantedingrained
  2. set in the soil for growth
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Plant \Plant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planted; p. pr. & vb. n. Planting.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

1.To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize. [1913 Webster]

2.To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. [1913 Webster]

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees.— Deut. xvi. 21.[1913 Webster]

3.To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest. [1913 Webster]

4.To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. [1913 Webster]

It engenders choler, planteth anger.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

5.To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony. [1913 Webster]

Planting of countries like planting of woods.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

6.To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen. [1913 Webster]

7.To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face. [1913 Webster]

8.To set up; to install; to instate. [1913 Webster]

We will plant some other in the throne.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Planted \Plant"ed\, a. (Joinery) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding. [1913 Webster]
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