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ingraft |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ingraft \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ingraft v : cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" [syn: {graft}, {engraft}]
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