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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plant \Plant\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Planted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planting}.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See {Plant}, noun]
1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.
2. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees. --Deut. xvi. 21.
3. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.
4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
It engenders choler, planteth anger. --Shak.
5. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.
Planting of countries like planting of woods. --Bacon.
6. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.
7. To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.
8. To set up; to install; to instate.
We will plant some other in the throne. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Planted \Plant"ed\, adjective (Joinery) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
planted
adjective
1: (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need" [syn: {deep-rooted}, {deep-seated}, {implanted}, {ingrained}]
2: set in the soil for growth [ant: {unplanted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "planted": assigned, deployed, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced, established, fixed, installed, located, placed, positioned, posted, seated, set, settled, situate, situated, spotted, stationed
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