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  • 31in one's blood — ingrained in or fundamental to one s character. → blood …

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  • 32inherent — inherent, ingrained, intrinsic, essential, constitutional mean being a part, element, or quality of a thing s internal character or inmost being. Something is inherent which is so deeply infixed in a thing that it is apparently part of its very… …

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  • 33inherent — adjective inherent traits Syn: intrinsic, innate, immanent, built in, indwelling, inborn, ingrained, deep rooted; essential, fundamental, basic, structural, organic; natural, instinctive, instinctual, congenital, native …

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  • 34Ingrain — 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… …

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  • 35Ingraining — 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… …

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  • 36personality disorder — Psychiatry. any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration. [1935 40] * * *… …

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  • 37inherent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. native, innate; intrinsic, essential. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. innate, inborn, inbred, indigenous to, intrinsic, internal, original, native, deep rooted, built in, latent, implicit, ingrained,… …

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  • 38inveterate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. habitual, hardened; fixed, set. See habit, resolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ingrained, confirmed, deep rooted; see chronic , habitual 1 , permanent 2 . See Synonym Study at chronic . III… …

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  • 39confirmed — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Firmly established] Syn. proved, valid, accepted; see certain 3 , established 3 , guaranteed . 2. [Inveterate] Syn. ingrained, seasoned, regular; see chronic , habitual 1 . See Synonym Study at chronic . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 40infuse — infuse, suffuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. Infuse implies a permeating like that of infiltering fluid, usually of something which imbues the recipient with new spirit …

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