Ingraining

Ingraining
Ingrain In"grain`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingrained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingraining}.] [Written also engrain.] [1913 Webster] 1. To dye with or in grain or kermes. [1913 Webster]

2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture. [1913 Webster]

3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply. [1913 Webster]

Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]

Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all. --Helps. [1913 Webster]


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