
Meaning of INGRAFT
| Pronunciation: | | in'graft
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[v] cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" |
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INGRAFT is a 7 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | engraft, graft |
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| | See Also: | | conjoin, join | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*graft"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingrafted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ingrafting}.] [Written also engraft.]
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.
This fellow would ingraft a foreign name Upon our
stock. --Dryden.
A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome.
--Burke.
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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