Talk:ingrain

Ingrain vs Engrain
What is the connection/distinction between "ingrain" and "engrain"? --Slashme 09:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * According to the OED, engrain refers to the dyeing process while ingrain refers to the entrenchment of ideology (as well as the dyeing process). --EncycloPetey 09:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Ingrain as adjective
I found this form in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Is it an adjective here, or a past participle? And if yes, what is its meaning? I would say it is the same as for ingrained but I would like to be sure:


 * My father was a born aristocrat. I think, in some preexistent state, he must have been in the higher circles of spirits, and brought all his old court pride along with him; for it was ingrain, bred in the bone, though he was originally of poor and not in any way of noble family. My brother was begotten in his image.

Adjective and noun pronunciation
https://oed.com/oed2/00116806 --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:06, 9 August 2021 (UTC)