enroot

verb

in-ˈrüt How to pronounce enroot (audio)
Definition of enrootnext
1
as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set everyone remembers that special teacher who enrooted within them a love of learning

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2
as in to root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter a deeply enrooted tradition of respect for the elderly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enroot
  1. plant
  2. root
  3. breed
  4. embed
  5. lodge
Verb
  • The message was about taking care of one another — a seed Dyer has worked hard to plant and grow since leaving his electrical engineering career more than a decade ago to become a Presbyterian minister.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Wilson’s draft night peers await The Bulls rookie planted his flag some time ago.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of plant
Verb
  • Use rooting hormone to increase a cutting’s chance of growing roots.
    — Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Winning made the Hurricanes easy to root against, but also impossible to ignore.
    — Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of root
Verb
  • Elephant seals and sea lions bark and breed on its sandy coves.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Game fowl are bred for aggression by definition, said Jenny Berg, California state director of the Humane World for Animals, which worked with Rogers on the bill.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of breed
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  • Images created by Google's AI tools normally have a small sparkle icon embedded in the bottom right corner.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
  • For example, antiquarian scholars introduced the erroneous notion that druids built stone circles—most notably Stonehenge—for their ceremonies, an idea that became embedded in the popular imagination during the 18th century.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of embed
Verb
  • Davis said two officers attended the scene and confirmed the snake was lodged in the helmet's padding.
    — Mason Leib, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • After a snail gets lodged in her exhaust pipe, Ingerborg’s kleptomania screws her during a subway trip to the office.
    — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodge
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“Enroot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enroot. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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