ENGRAINED | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Ingrain

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late Middle English (originally as engrain in the sense ‘dye with cochineal or in fast colours’): from en-, in- (as an intensifier) + the verb grain. The adjective is from in grain ‘fast-dyed’, from the old use of grain meaning ‘kermes, cochineal’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɪnˈɡreɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person

Short Definition:

firmly fix or establish habit, belief, or attitude in person

Examples:
  • they trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes
Variant Forms:
  • engrain

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