engraft
English edit
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Etymology edit
From earlier ingraft, equivalent to en- (“in”) + graft.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
engraft (third-person singular simple present engrafts, present participle engrafting, simple past and past participle engrafted)
- To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
- To fix firmly into place
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 15”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- Then the conceit of this inconstant stay
Sets you most rich in youth before my sight,
Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay,
To change your day of youth to sullied night;
And all in war with Time for love of you,
As he takes from you, I engraft you new.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:engraft.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
To insert, as a scion
Adjective edit
engraft (comparative more engraft, superlative most engraft)