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1. Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
   - inculcation, instilling

1. Thoroughly work in
   "His hands were ingrained with dirt";
   - grain, engrain
    
2. Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
   "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us";
   - impress, instill, engrain

Type of: affect, impress, indoctrination, move, penetrate, perforate, strike

Encyclopedia: Ingrain