engrain

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engrain

▶verb variant spelling of ingrain.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ingrain/ɪnˈɡreɪn/

▶verb (also engrain) firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person. ▶adjective (of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven.

– origin ME: from en-1, in-2 + grain; the adjective is from in grain ‘fast-dyed’, from the old use of grain meaning ‘kermes, cochineal’.

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