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Engrain v. t. (past & past part. engrained; pres. part. engraining)

To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain. "Leaves engrained in lusty green."

To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain. "The stain hath become engrained by time."

To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.

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Etymology of 'Engrain'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... way of getting at their mind, for it is only of our own mind that we have direct knowledge, it is essential to give prominence to the fact that there has been throughout the evolution of living creatures a strong tendency to enregister or engrain capacities of doing things effectively. Thus certain abilities come to be inborn; they are parts of the inheritance, which will express themselves whenever the appropriate trigger is pulled. The newly born child does not require to learn its breathing movements, ...

— The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) - A Plain Story Simply Told • J. Arthur Thomson