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engrains
We have found lemma(root) word of engrains : ingrain.
Definitions
[ɪŋˈɡreɪn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person
(e.g: they trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes)
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Origin
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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’
[ɪŋˈɡreɪn], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven
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Origin
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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’
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