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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
ingraft v 1: cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" [syn: graft, engraft, ingraft] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Ingraft \In*graft"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting.] [Written also engraft.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] This fellow would ingraft a foreign name Upon our stock. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree. [1913 Webster] | ||
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