Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PLANT'
IM-PLANT', v.t. [in and plant, L. planto.]
To set, plant or infix for the purpose of growth; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge in the minds of youth; to implant grace in the heart. [It is now seldom or never used in its literal sense for setting plants or seeds in the earth.]
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