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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPLANT', v.t. [in and plant, L. planto.]
To set, plant or infix for the purpose of growth; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge in the minds of youth; to implant grace in the heart. [It is now seldom or never used in its literal sense for setting plants or seeds in the earth.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue v
1: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant]
2: become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications"
3: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to fix or set securely or deeply <a ruby implanted in the idol's forehead> b. to set permanently in the consciousness or habit patterns ; inculcate 2. to insert in living tissue (as for growth, slow release, or formation of an organic union) <subcutaneously implanted hormone pellets> intransitive verb to undergo implantation <the failure of embryos to implant> • implantable adjective • implanter noun Synonyms: implant, inculcate, instill, inseminate, infix mean to introduce into the mind. implant implies teaching that makes for permanence of what is taught <implanted a love of reading in her students>. inculcate implies persistent or repeated efforts to impress on the mind <tried to inculcate in him high moral standards>. instill stresses gradual, gentle imparting of knowledge over a long period of time <instill traditional values in your children>. inseminate applies to a sowing of ideas in many minds so that they spread through a class or nation <inseminated an unquestioning faith in technology>. infix stresses firmly inculcating a habit of thought <infixed a chronic cynicism>. II. noun Date: 1890 something (as a graft or device) implanted in tissue — compare cochlear implant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Derivatives: implantation n. Etymology: F implanter or LL implantare engraft (as IN-(2), PLANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(implanted) 1. To implant something into a person's body means to put it there, usually by means of a medical operation. Two days later, they implanted the fertilized eggs back inside me. ...a surgically implanted birth-control device. VERB: V n adv/prep, V-ed • implantation The embryos were tested to determine their sex prior to implantation. N-UNCOUNT 2. An implant is something that is implanted into a person's body. A woman can choose to have breast implants. N-COUNT 3. When an egg or embryo implants in the womb, it becomes established there and can then develop. Non-identical twins are the result of two fertilised eggs implanting in the uterus at the same time. VERB: V in n, also V • implantation ...the 11 days required to allow for normal implantation of a fertilized egg. 4. If you implant an idea or attitude in people, you make it become accepted or believed. The speech implanted a dangerous prejudice in their minds... He is devoting much of his energy to implanting an element of distrust in the community. = sow VERB: V n in/into n, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Ingraft, infix, set, put, place. 2. Instil, infuse, inculcate.

Moby Thesaurus

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