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sanjuro_ronin
root·ed, root·ing, roots
v. intr.
1. To grow roots or a root.
2. To become firmly established, settled, or entrenched.
3. To come into existence; originate.
v. tr.
1. To cause to put out roots and grow.
2. To implant by or as if by the roots.
3. To furnish a primary source or origin to.
4. To remove by or as if by the roots. Often used with up or out: "declared that waste and fraud will be vigorously rooted out of Government" (New York Times).