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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rooted
adj
  1. absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment"
    Synonym(s): frozen(p), rooted(p), stock-still
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rooted \Root"ed\, a.
      Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart.
      [bd]A rooted sorrow.[b8] --Shak. -- {Root"*ed*ly}, adv. --
      {Root"ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Root \Root\ (r[oomac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Rooting}.]
      1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
            root and begin to grow.
  
                     In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer.
  
      2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  
                     If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to
                     cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to
                     root and fasten by concealment.         --Bp. Fell.
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