implant

1 to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics Synonyms breed, enroot, inculcate, infix, inseminate, instill, plant, sow Related Words drive, hammer, pound; embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), fix, lodge, root; imbue, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse

2 to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out Synonyms bed, embed (also imbed), enroot, fix, impact, entrench, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, rootRelated Words imbue, infuse, instill; beat (into), drive (into); establish, place, put, settle, stickNear Antonyms eliminate, eradicate; eject, expel; detach, disconnect, disengage, removeAntonyms dislodge, root (out), uproot