Hypertext Webster Gateway: "implant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Implant \Im*plant"\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implanted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Implanting}.] [Pref. im- in + plant: cf. F. implanter.]
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.

Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding.
--Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

implant
n : a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
v 1: to fix or set securely or deeply: "Kneeling, Cobb planted a
sturdy knee in the small of his back," [syn: {engraft},
{embed}, {imbed}, {plant}]
2: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students'
minds" [syn: {plant}]


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