planted
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 Plant v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planted; p. pr. & vb. n. Planting.]
 1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.
 2. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.
    Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees.   --Deut. xvi. 21.
 3. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.
 4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
    It engenders choler, planteth anger.   --Shak.
 5. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.
    Planting of countries like planting of woods.   --Bacon.
 6. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.
 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.
 8. To set up; to install; to instate.
    We will plant some other in the throne.   --Shak.


 Plant·ed a. Joinery Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.

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 planted
      adj 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" [syn: deep-rooted, deep-seated,
              implanted, ingrained]
      2: set in the soil for growth [ant: unplanted]