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  • 81entrenched — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. established, rooted, fixed; see established 1 , firm 1 , fortified , safe 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. fixed, secured, established, deep rooted, deep seated, embedded, ingrained, ensconced, dug in, grounded,… …

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  • 82habitual — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Of the nature of a habit] Syn. ingrained, confirmed, frequent, periodic, continual, routine, mechanical, automatic, perfunctory, seasoned, iterated, permanent, perpetual, on going, consuetudinary, consuetudinal, fixed,… …

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  • 83inbred — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. innate, inborn, ingrained; see inherent , native 1 . See Synonym Study at innate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. genetic, congenital. see inborn III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Forming an essential element, as… …

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  • 84Habit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Habit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 habit habit habitude Sgm: N 1 assuetude| assuetude| assuefaction| wont Sgm: N 1 run run way GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 common state of things …

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  • 85grain — [13] Grain comes via Old French from Latin grānum ‘seed’. Its prehistoric Indo European ancestor was *grnóm, literally ‘worndown particle’, which also produced English corn, and it has given English a remarkably wide range of related forms: not… …

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  • 86innate — innate, inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary, inherited are comparable but not wholly synonymous terms that refer to qualities which either are or seem to be derived from one s inheritance or from conditions attending one s birth or origin.… …

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  • 87instinctive — 1 Instinctive, intuitive both mean not involving, based on, or determined by the ordinary processes of reasoning, but as applied to human mentation they are not normally interchangeable because of consistent differences in connotation.… …

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  • 88grain — [13] Grain comes via Old French from Latin grānum ‘seed’. Its prehistoric Indo European ancestor was *grnóm, literally ‘worndown particle’, which also produced English corn, and it has given English a remarkably wide range of related forms: not… …

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  • 89deep-rooted — adjective (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held deep rooted prejudice deep seated differences of opinion implanted convictions ingrained habits of a lifetime a deeply planted need • Syn: ↑deep seated, ↑ …

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  • 90deep-seated — adjective (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held (Freq. 1) deep rooted prejudice deep seated differences of opinion implanted convictions ingrained habits of a lifetime a deeply planted need • Syn: ↑ …

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