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Adjective: implanted  `im'plăn-tid
  1. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
    "implanted convictions"
    - deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, planted
Verb: implant  im'plănt
  1. Fix or set securely or deeply
    "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
    - 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
    "implant a thought in the students' minds"
    - plant

See also: constituted, established, implantation

Type of: attach, communicate, enter, infix, insert, introduce, pass, pass along, pass on, put across

Encyclopedia: Implant