engraft

English

Alternative forms

• ingraft
• engraff (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier ingraft, equivalent to en- (“in”) +‎ graft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈɡɹæft/, /ɪŋˈɡɹɑːft/

Verb

engraft (third-person singular simple present engrafts, present participle engrafting, simple past and past participle engrafted)

1. To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
2. 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

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:engraft.

Derived terms

• unengrafted

Translations

To insert, as a scion

Armenian: պատվաստել (hy) (patvastel) Bashkir: ялғау (yalğaw) Bulgarian: присаждам (bg) (prisaždam), ашладисвам (bg) (ašladisvam)

Adjective

engraft (comparative more engraft, superlative most engraft)

1. (rare) Engrafted.

Anagrams

• fragnet