Internalise

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Internal-combustion engine \Internal-combustion engine\) in
     which the heat or pressure energy necessary to produce motion
     is developed in the engine cylinder, as by the explosion of a
     gas, and not in a separate chamber, as in a steam-engine
     boiler. The gas used may be a fixed gas, or one derived from
     alcohol, ether, gasoline (petrol), naphtha, oil (petroleum),


     etc. There are three main classes: (1) gas engines proper,
     using fixed gases, as coal, blast-furnace, or producer gas;
     (2) engines using the vapor of a volatile fluid, as the
     typical gasoline (petrol) engine; (3) oil engines, using
     either an atomized spray or the vapor (produced by heat) of a
     comparatively heavy oil, as petroleum or kerosene. In all of
     these the gas is mixed with a definite amount of air, the
     charge is composed in the cylinder and is then exploded
     either by a flame of gas (flame ignition -- now little used),
     by a hot tube (tube ignition) or the like, by an electric
     spark (electric ignition, the usual method is gasoline
     engines, or by the heat of compression, as in the Diesel
     engine. Gas and oil engines are chiefly of the stationary
     type. Gasoline engines are largely used for automobile
     vehicles, boats, etc. Most internal-combustion engines use
     the Otto (four-stroke) cycle, though many use the two-stroke
     cycle. They are almost universally trunk engines and
     single-acting. Because of the intense heat produced by the
     frequent explosions, the cylinders must be cooled by a water
     jacket (water-cooled) or by air currents (air cooled) to give
     the maximum thermodynamic efficiency and to avoid excessive
     friction or seizing.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] internalise \internalise\ v.
     (Psychology)
     Same as internalize. MKChiefly Brit.
  
     Syn: internalize, interiorize, interiorise.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  internalise
       v : incorporate within oneself; make subjectiveor personal;
           "internalize a belief" [syn: {internalize}, {interiorize},
            {interiorise}]