To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. [1913 Webster]

"Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

implant, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by in) insert or fix.
2 (often foll. by in) instil (a principle, idea, etc.) in a person's mind.
3 plant.
4 Med. a insert (tissue etc.) in a living body. b (in passive) (of a fertilized ovum) become attached to the wall of the womb.
--n. n.
1 a thing implanted.
2 a thing implanted in the body, e.g. a piece of tissue or a capsule containing material for radium therapy.

Derivative

implantation n.

Etymology

F implanter or LL implantare engraft (as IN-(2), PLANT)

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THESAURUS

implant

beat into, bed, brainwash, broadcast, bud, catechize, condition, confirm, deep-dye, define, dibble, disseminate, drag in, drill, edge in, embed, engraft, engrave, entrench, establish, etch, fit in, fix, foist in, forest, found, fudge in, graft, ground, imbue, imp, impact, implant in, impregnate, impress, imprint, inarch, inculcate, indoctrinate, infix, infuse, ingrain, inject, inject in, inlay, inoculate, inscribe, inseminate, insert, insert in, insinuate, insinuate in, inspire, instill, intercalate, interjaculate, interject, interpolate, interpose, intervene, introduce, introduce in, intrude, jam, leaven, lodge, lug in, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plant, pot, print, program, put between, put in, reforest, reset, retimber, root, run in, sandwich, saturate, scatter seed, scion, seat, seed, seed down, seminate, set, set in, settle, smuggle in, sow, sow broadcast, squeeze in, stamp, stereotype, teach, tessellate, throw in, thrust in, transplant, wedge, wedge in, work in, worm in

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ROGET THESAURUS

implant

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

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