engraft

[ en-graft, -grahft ]

verb (used with object)

1. Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:

   to engraft a peach on a plum.

verb (used without object)

1. Surgery. (of living tissue) to become grafted. graft.

engraft

/ ɪnˈɡrɑːft /

verb

1. to graft (a shoot, bud, etc) onto a stock
2. to incorporate in a firm or permanent way; implant

   they engrafted their principles into the document

Derived Forms

• ˌengrafˈtation, noun

Other Words From

• engraf·tation en·graftment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of engraft¹

First recorded in 1575–85; en- ¹ + graft ¹

Example Sentences

We have rather to take our native stock as we find it, and engraft upon it a slip from the German.

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Both Tintoretto and Paul Veronese engraft into their paintings the architecture and other accessories of their own day.

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On this basis, now and then more marked, definite psychotic manifestations engraft themselves.

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They cannot put the "new wine into old bottles;" they can never engraft Truth into error.

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Our earlier term inoculate originally meant to graft, and, in fact, engraft was also used in this sense.

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Related Words

• diffuse
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• imbue
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