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Webster 1913 Edition

Ingraft

In-graft′

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ingraft

INGR`AFT

,
Verb.
T.
[in and graff. The original word is ingraff or graff, but it is corrupted beyond recovery.]
1.
To insert a cion of one tree or plant into another for propagation; as, to ingraft the cion of an apple-tree on a pear-tree, as its stock; to ingraft a peach on a plum.
2.
To propagate by incision.
3.
To plant or introduce something foreign into that which is native, for the purpose of propagation.
This fellow would ingraft a foreign name
Upon our stock.
4.
To set or fix deep and firm.
Ingrafted love he bears to Caesar.

Definition 2024

ingraft

ingraft

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ingraft ‎(third-person singular simple present ingrafts, present participle ingrafting, simple past and past participle ingrafted)

  1. Alternative spelling of engraft
    • 1852, James Fenimore Cooper, Precaution:
      "Why, everything about the colonel seems so seated, so ingrafted in his nature, so--so very self-satisfied, that I am afraid it would be a difficult task to take the first step in amendment--to convince him of its necessity?
    • 1902, John Lord, Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII:
      The dialogue was ingrafted on the chorus, and naturally partook of its character.
    • 1920, B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health:
      In fact, all physical weakness, if ingrafted in either parent, is transmitted from parents to offspring […] .

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