verb

implant

to implant, to embed, to insert, to instill

The surgeon will implant the device tomorrow.

The surgeon will implant the device tomorrow.

They try to implant new ideas in students.

They try to implant new ideas in students.

((sth.)) ((in/into sth./sb.)) to place sth. into sth./sb. The surgeon will implant the device into the patient.

Synonyms: insert, embed, instill

From Latin 'im-' (in, into) + 'plantare' (to plant). Literally 'to plant into'.

Think 'in-plant'. You are planting something *into* something else, like a dental implant or an idea into someone's mind.

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