Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ROOT, v.i.¹

1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots. In deep grounds, the weeds root deeper. – Mortimer.
2. To be firmly fixed; to be established. The multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not take deep rooting. – Wisdom.
3. To sink deep. If any error chanced … to cause misapprehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by a concealment. – Fell.