advb. phr. [A prep.1 + ROOT.] On root; hence, rooted, firm.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, II. 1329. So rulith her her hertis gost withynne, That thogh she bende, yet she stont a-rote [v.r. on rote].
advb. phr. [A prep.1 + ROOT.] On root; hence, rooted, firm.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, II. 1329. So rulith her her hertis gost withynne, That thogh she bende, yet she stont a-rote [v.r. on rote].