ingrained

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held“deep-rooted prejudice”“deep-seated differences of opinion”“implanted convictions”“ingrained habits of a lifetime”“a deeply planted need”Synonyms: deep-rooted deep-seated implanted planted

Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.] [1913 Webster]

1.To dye with or in grain or kermes. [1913 Webster]

2.To dye in the grain, or before manufacture. [1913 Webster]

3.To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply. [1913 Webster]

Our fields ingrained with blood.— Daniel.[1913 Webster]

Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all.— Helps.[1913 Webster]