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The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597).

To last; to continue; to endure. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. Matt. xiii. 21.

A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to:

A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.

's foot (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called Hottentot's bread. (b) A genus (Elephantopus) of coarse, composit…

A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

To enroot; to implant. [Obs.] Spenser.

The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Goodale.

whose intervals, being all minor thirds, do not clearly indicate its fundamental tone or root; the chord of the diminished triad, and the diminished seventh.

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

arance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.

A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.

To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word. Camden

1. An original form; primitive word; root.

ia and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.

The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.

The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

e excrescent parts. Pope. Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.

The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]