In*graft" (?), v. 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.
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