Ingraft

2 definitions found

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

  Ingraft \In*graft"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingrafted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Ingrafting}.] [Written also engraft.]
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     1. To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in
        another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a
        plum tree; [figuratively], to insert or introduce in such


        a way as to make a part of something.
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              This fellow would ingraft a foreign name
              Upon our stock.                       --Dryden.
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              A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome.
                                                    --Burke.
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     2. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with
        grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ingraft
       v : cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft
           the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" [syn: {graft},
            {engraft}]