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Ingrain

verb
(past & past part. ingrained; pres. part. ingraining)
1.
Thoroughly work in.  Synonym: grain.
2.
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.  Synonyms: impress, instill.





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"Ingrain" Quotes from Famous Books



... Self-deceived, mistaken child! When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected! It has been tried many times by other daughters, Minnie; it has never succeeded; nothing has ever come ...
— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens


Words linked to "Ingrain" :   grain, instill, strike, impress, perforate, penetrate, move, affect


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