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• Engrailed

  [en-greyld] /ɛnˈgreɪld/ adjective, Heraldry. 1. having an edge of a charge consisting of a number of concave curves. [en-greyl] /ɛnˈgreɪl/ verb (used with object) 1. to ornament the edge of with curved indentations. 2. Minting. to make dots or curves on the cylindrical edge of (a coin, medal, etc.) so as to form a pattern. […]

• Engrain

  [en-greyn] /ɛnˈgreɪn/ verb (used with object), adjective 1. (defs 1, 2). /ɪnˈɡreɪn/ verb 1. a variant spelling of ingrain v. late 14c., originally “(dye) in grain,” from French phrase en graine, from graine “seed of a plant,” also “cochineal” (the source of the dye was thought to be berries), thus “fast-dyed.” Later associated with grain […]

• Engrained

  [en-greynd, en-greynd] /ɛnˈgreɪnd, ˈɛnˌgreɪnd/ adjective 1. . [en-greyn] /ɛnˈgreɪn/ verb (used with object), adjective 1. (defs 1, 2). /ɪnˈɡreɪn/ verb 1. a variant spelling of ingrain v. late 14c., originally “(dye) in grain,” from French phrase en graine, from graine “seed of a plant,” also “cochineal” (the source of the dye was thought to be […]

• Engram

  [en-gram] /ˈɛn græm/ noun 1. a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace. /ˈɛnɡræm/ noun 1. (psychol) the physical basis of an individual memory in the brain See also memory trace engram en·gram (ěn’grām’) n. A physical alteration thought to occur in living neural […]

• Engraphia

  engraphia en·graph·i·a (ěn-grāf’ē-ə) n. Formation of engrams.

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