ə̇nˈgrān, (ˈ)en|g- transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English engreinen, from en- (I) + grain, grein kermes; in senses 2 and 3 influenced in meaning by English grain texture — more at grain
1. obsolete : to dye with kermes or cochineal or a fast color
2. : ingrain 2
his swart forefinger, deeply engrained with gunpowder — Charles Dickens
Judaism, Catholicism, and Protestantism are too deeply engrained in the habits of men to be superseded by some newfangled religious institution — S.P.Lamprecht
3. : to color in imitation of the grain of the wood — compare grain vt 3