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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.

verb (used without object)

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

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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Etymology

Origin of engraft

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

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Well, you have the answer to that question in the words of our Blessed Father which I quoted: "Engraft on the wild stock of natural inclination shoots of divine charity."

From The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales by Camus, Jean Pierre

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