Ingrain vs. Engrain

Ingrain and Engrain Definitions
Ingrain
To fix deeply or indelibly, as in the mind
"A system that had been ingrained for generations could not be easily undone by change from the top" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).
Engrain
To ingrain.
Ingrain
(Archaic) To dye or stain into the fiber of.
Engrain
Alternative spelling of ingrain
Ingrain
Deep-seated; ingrained.
Engrain
To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
Leaves engrained in lusty green.
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Ingrain
Made of predyed fibers; thoroughly dyed
Ingrain yarn.
Engrain
To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
The stain hath become engrained by time.
Ingrain
Made of fiber or yarn dyed before weaving. Used especially of rugs.
Ingrain
Yarn or fiber dyed before manufacture.
Ingrain
An ingrain rug or carpet.
Ingrain
(transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
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Ingrain
To make (something) deeply part of something else.
The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.
Ingrain
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
Ingrain
Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
Ingrain
An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
Ingrain
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
Ingrain
Dyed before manufacture, - said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
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Ingrain
An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
Ingrain
To dye with or in grain or kermes.
Ingrain
To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
Ingrain
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.
Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all.
Ingrain
Thoroughly work in;
His hands were grained with dirt
Ingrain
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of;
Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us