■ verb (also engrain ) firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.
■ adjective (of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven.
Origin
ME: from en- 1 , in- 2 + grain ; the adjective is from in grain 'fast-dyed', from the old use of grain meaning 'kermes, cochineal'.