I.to make to strike root: metaph. to root in the ground, plant, Od.; ἐρρίζωσε τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt.: —Pass. to take root, strike root, Xen.: metaph. to be rooted, firmly fixed, Soph., NTest.
II.Pass. also of land, to be planted with trees, Od.
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