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burn in

verb
  1. To eat into, as fire.
  2. To fix and render durable, as colours, by means of intense heat. (transitive)
  3. To imprint indelibly on the mind. (figuratively)
  4. To exercise electrical components by means of burn-in. (transitive)
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“You see, sir, he is really dead,” said the doctor; “this burn in the heel is decisive.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 211 · C1

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