Ingrain vs. Engrain: What's the Difference?

To fix deeply or indelibly, as in the mind

To ingrain.

(Archaic) To dye or stain into the fiber of.

Alternative spelling of ingrain

Deep-seated; ingrained.

To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.

Made of predyed fibers; thoroughly dyed

To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.

Made of fiber or yarn dyed before weaving. Used especially of rugs.

Yarn or fiber dyed before manufacture.

An ingrain rug or carpet.

(transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.

To make (something) deeply part of something else.

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

Dyed before manufacture, - said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.

To dye with or in grain or kermes.

To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.

Thoroughly work in;

Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of;