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In some senses, rooted is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERBS
be | become | remain
ADV
deeply | firmly
PREP
in
Many families in our town have been rooted in farming for generations.
adj
Having roots, or a certain type of roots.
deep-rooted
Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.
She stayed rooted in place.
Those with fewest attachments or obligations may be most vulnerable to transitions from a more rooted life, before flight, to the new as-yet unrooted or uprooted life.
Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
1782 May, Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber (editors), The Link-Boy, The London Magazine, or, Gentleman′s Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 51, page 205, He will immediately break in on their moſt rooted prejudices ; and with a kind of malignant ſatisfaction hack their darling notions with unſparing rigour and unbluſhing inſolence.
The greater part of his property he has acquired himself during years of industry ; but with it he has acquired the most rooted habits of suspicion.
Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
Proper Philadelphians, especially before they became Episcopalians, and the unfashionable branches of their families to this day are surely more rooted in Westtown than St. Paul′s, the fashionable favorite.
For what is gradually taking hold, I think, is a way of drawing near to God that is far more rooted in history and far more rooted in the gospel than we have been accustomed to.
Having a root.
deep-rooted
WiktionaryShe stayed rooted in place.
WiktionaryThose with fewest attachments or obligations may be most vulnerable to transitions from a more rooted life, before flight, to the new as-yet unrooted or uprooted life.
WiktionaryThere is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
Tatoeba · #265008His belief is rooted in experience.
Tatoeba · #286224He stood rooted to the spot in amazement.
Tatoeba · #292514i Register
In some senses, rooted is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.