To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.
To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with.
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
To make stable or firm; to confirm.