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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Root \Root\ (r[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooted}; p. pr &
vb n. {Rooting}.]
1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
root and begin to grow.
In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer.
2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to
cause misappehensions he gave them not leave to
root and fasten by concealment. --Bp. Fell.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rooting
n : the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
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