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   ingrain

   /ɪnˈɡreɪn/

   verb

   • 1. firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person: "they trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven.

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally as engrain in the sense ‘dye with cochineal or in fast colours’): from en-1, in-2 (as an intensifier) + the verb grain. The adjective is from in grain ‘fast-dyed’, from the old use of grain meaning ‘kermes, cochineal’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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