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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
ingraining \ingraining\ n. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition.
Syn: inculcation, instilling. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ingrain \In"grain'\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ingrained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingraining}.] [Written also engrain.]
1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel.
Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all. --Helps.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ingraining
noun: teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition [syn: {inculcation}, {instilling}]
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