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Definition of Engraining
1. engrain [v] - See also: engrain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engraining
Literary usage of Engraining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1884)
"[" Enforcing, perpetuating, and engraining"—the work of the pedant.] ..."
While the other class is chiefly intent upon pushing forward the boundaries of ..."
2. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1884)
"[" Enforcing, perpetuating, and engraining"—the work of the pedant.] ..."
While the other class is chiefly intent upon pushing forward the boundaries of ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"The very strength and power of discipline in its formation and engraining of
habits is that which makes an army so hap*. to deal with when habits have to be ..."
4. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"The process of engraining these impressions on the mind after repetition gives
to subsequent sensations quite a different character as compared with the ..."
5. The Mexican War, by an English Soldier: Comprising Incidents and Adventures by George Ballentine (1860)
"Borrowing, therefore, an old pair of canvas trousers, a Guernsey shirt, and
tarpaulin hat from a sailor, and thoroughly engraining his face and hands with ..."
6. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"The process of engraining these impressions on the mind after repetition, gives
to subsequent sensations quite a different character as compared with the ..."
7. Chinese Porcelain by William Giuseppi Gulland (1902)
"... so as to resemble the engraining of years.17 Old pieces of Chinese origin that
have been broken can have the damaged portions made good in a way that is ..."
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