Usually means: Imprint deeply on the mind.
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  1. engrain: Merriam-Webster
  2. engrain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. engrain: Collins English Dictionary
  4. engrain: Wordnik
  5. engrain: Wiktionary
  6. engrain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. engrain: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Engrain, engrain: Dictionary.com
  9. engrain: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Engrain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. engrain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Engrain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. engrain: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. engrain: FreeDictionary.org
  15. engrain: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. engrain: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Engrain)

▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of ingrain [(transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.]

Similar:
imbed, ingraft, insconce, encrust, impregnate, impaint, engrave, engreen, inlighten, becolour, more...

Opposite:
dislodge, erase, unlearn, forget, remove

Types:
wheat, corn, rice, oats, rye, barley, millet, sorghum, teff, more...


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Similar:
imbed, ingraft, insconce, encrust, impregnate, impaint, engrave, engreen, inlighten, becolour, more...

Opposite:
dislodge, erase, unlearn, forget, remove

Types:
wheat, corn, rice, oats, rye, barley, millet, sorghum, teff, more...



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