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Meaning of INGRAFT

Pronunciation:  in'graft

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
 
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 Synonyms: engraft, graft
 
 See Also: conjoin, join

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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