Word Meanings - IMPLANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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.
Additional info about word: IMPLANT
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. (more info) Etym:
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPLANT)
- Inculcate
- Impress
- urge
- enforce
- Infuse
- instil
- implant
- press
- teach
- Instil
- Pour
- infuse
- introduce
- import
- insinuate
- inculcate
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of IMPLANT)
- Learn
- be impressed
- be studious
- be mindful
- Relax
- inhibit
- persuade
- entice
- allure
- solicit
- touch
- skim
- graze
- free
- liberate
- ease
- avoid
- relieve
Related words: (words related to IMPLANT)
- INHIBITORY
Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb. - TEACHER
1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination. - INSTILL
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To - TEACHABLENESS
Willingness to be taught. - PERSUADER
One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton. - RELAXANT
A medicine that relaxes; a laxative. - PERSUADED
Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n. - IMPORTUNELY
In an importune manner. - IMPORTUNATOR
One who importunes; an importuner. Sir E. Sandys. - LEARN
linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted ; all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. - INSTILLATOR
An instiller. - RELAXATIVE
Having the quality of relaxing; laxative. -- n. - SOLICITUDE
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. - IMPORTING
Full of meaning. Shak. - IMPLANTATION
The act or process of implantating. - IMPRESS
To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn. (more info) pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and - IMPORTUNE
derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. 1. Inopportune; unseasonable. 2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. And their importune - PRESSIROSTRAL
Of or pertaining to the pressirosters. - INHIBITION
A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, - PRESSIVE
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall. - SCHOOL-TEACHER
One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n. - HOTPRESSED
Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t. - APPRENTICESHIP
1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. 2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one). - HALF-LEARNED
Imperfectly learned. - HOTPRESS
To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - INCOMPRESSIBLE
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n. - INSUPPRESSIBLE
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv. - REPRESSIBLE
Capable of being repressed.