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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  implant 
  n  :  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:  implant  in  the  mind;  "Plant  a  thought  in  the  students' 
  minds"  [syn:  {plant}] 




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