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ingrained

verb
  1. To dye with a fast or lasting colour.

  2. To make (something) deeply part of something else.

    "The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet."

    Similar: breed in the bone, embed, infix, instill, radicate

Synonymsbreed in the bone, embed, infix, instill, radicate
adjective
  1. Being an element; present in the essence of a thing

  2. Fixed, established

Synonymsbred-in-the-bone, radicated, inherent

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