transitive. To cause to become rooted or implanted; to establish. Usually in passive. Obsolete.

transitive. To fix, fasten, make firm, establish; both in a material and an immaterial sense.

transitive. To make firm or fast; to set or fix firmly or securely; also, to hold (a thing) fast.

transitive. To fasten, make firm or stable in position; to place, attach, or insert and secure against displacement. Const. in, on, to. etc.

transitive. To clasp, fasten (a helmet): cf. staple, n.1 2b. Obsolete.

transitive. To set firmly, to cause to remain immovable.

transitive. To plant or fix firmly.

To set firmly on a foundation; to fix (a foundation) securely. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

figurative. To cause to rest on, upon or in (a firm support, base or ground); to base or ground upon, to fix or set firmly in.

transitive. To fix rigidly in place; to cause (esp. a mechanism, joint, or working part) to become rigidly fixed or incapable of movement. Frequently…

transferred and figurative. To set or plant firmly, fix, root, establish, settle.

To secure, make sure or certain of; to make fast, fix firmly.

More generally: To fix, render firm, set rigidly or firmly down. Also figurative.