ROOT
Root, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooting.]
1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. Mortimer.
2. To be firmly fixed; to be established. If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment. Bp. Fell.
ROOT
Root, v. t.
1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; — used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike.
2. To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; — with up, out, or away. "I will go root away the noisome weeds." Shak. The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and cast them into another land. Deut. xxix. 28.
ROOTCAP
Root"cap`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A mass of parenchym
ROOTED
Root"ed, a.
Defn: Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart. "A
rooted sorrow." Shak.
— Root"*ed*ly, adv.
— Root"ed*ness, n.