Definition of engrain Engrain
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We found 5 definitions of engrain from 3 different sources.
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What does engrain mean?
Wiktionary 
- engrain (Verb)
Alternative spelling of ingrain.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- engrain (v. t.)
To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain. - engrain (v. t.)
To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain. - engrain (v. t.)
To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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engrain
en-grān′, Ingrain, in-, v.t. to dye of a fast or lasting colour: to dye in the raw state: to infix deeply.—n. Engrain′er. [Orig. 'to dye in grain' (meaning with grain)—i.e. cochineal.]
