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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ingraining
    n 1: teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent
         instruction or repetition [syn: inculcation,
         ingraining, instilling]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
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   1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
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   2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
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   3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or
      moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to
      infix deeply.
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            Our fields ingrained with blood.      --Daniel.
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            Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man
            who has these vices at all.           --Helps.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ingraining \ingraining\ n.
   teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction
   or repetition.

   Syn: inculcation, instilling.
        [WordNet 1.5]
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