rooted
/ˈɹuːtɪd/ adjective B2- Having roots, or a certain type of roots. · deep-rooted
- Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move. · She stayed rooted in place.
- Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
- Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
- Having a root.
- In trouble or in strife, screwed. · I am absolutely rooted if Ferris finds out about this
- Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised. · You are rooted. All your base are belong to us.
From the library
While Madame de Villefort remained rooted to the spot like a statue of terror, and Villefort, with his head hidden in the bedclothes, saw nothing around him, d’Avrigny approached the window, that he might the better examine the contents of the glass, and dipping the tip of his finger in, tasted it.
Villefort and Madame Danglars remained for a moment, as if rooted to their seats; they questioned each other with vague and stupid glances.
“Certainly; your name is popular, and does honor to the title they have adorned it with; but you are too intelligent not to know that according to a prejudice, too firmly rooted to be exterminated, a nobility which dates back five centuries is worth more than one that can only reckon twenty years.”
Nevertheless, when Diana and the other girls had rushed frantically around the house--except Ruby Gillis, who remained as if rooted to the ground and went into hysterics--they found Anne lying all white and limp among the wreck and ruin of the Virginia creeper.
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