engraft

American  

[en-graft, -grahft] / ɛnˈgræft, -ˈgrɑft /

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.

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verb (used without object)

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

engraft British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• engraftation noun
• engraftment noun

Etymology

Origin of engraft

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

Example Sentences

However, after tens of thousands transplants, little was known about which donor strains provide long-term engraftment, and which engraft early after the transplant.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2023

Jimi also needed chemotherapy to kill off existing cells in his bone marrow so that his edited stem cells would have room to engraft and grow.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

But it can take about six weeks for cord blood cells to engraft, so she was also given partially matched blood stem cells from a first-degree relative.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022

The ultimate aim is to create the so-called universal T cell—a cell that has the capacity to engraft in any person’s body.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

"Off with you to the forest!" said the gardener to him one morning, "and fetch me the stem of a wild rose, that I may engraft cultivated roses on it."

From Fairy Tales From all Nations by Montalba, Anthony R.

Related Words

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