Meanings
present singular third person inburns · participle present inburning · participle past inburned · past inburned
- transitiveTo burn in; burn or affect as to make a permanent or lasting impression or mark.
Nicias has written upon this picture that he 'inburned' it, [...]
1879, John Henry Parker, The Archaeology of Rome1 more example
The habits of their fathers and their own early years have been so deeply inburned that they have not yet come to appreciate the value and convenience of modern toilets.
1902, American Institute of Homeopathy, American Institute of Homeopathy, Transactions of the fifty-seventh session of the American Institute - intransitiveTo burn within.
Of life complete — the outer rays / That show what fire of love inburns, [...]
1888, William James McClure, Poems: religious and miscellaneous
Origin
- Old English*inbiernan, *inbærnan
- Middle English*inbernen, *inbrennen
- Englishinburn
From Middle English *inbernen, *inbrennen, from Old English *inbiernan, *inbærnan, suggested by Old English inbryne (“fire, burning”) and inbærnednes (“burning, incense”), equivalent to in- + burn. Compare Old English onbiernan (“to be burning”). Cognate with Dutch inbranden (“to burn”), German einbrennen (“to burn”).
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