ingraft
51poi'sksí — bud; synonyms (n) bloom, blossom, flower, germ, button, embryo, implant, nucleus, scion, egg, (v) graft, shoot, vegetate, develop, germinate, grow, ingraft, pullulate, spring, sprout, begin …
52engraft — v.tr. (also ingraft) 1 Bot. (usu. foll. by into, upon) insert (a scion of one tree into another). 2 (usu. foll. by in) implant (principles etc.) in a person s mind. 3 (usu. foll. by into) incorporate permanently. Derivatives: engraftment n …
53en|graft — «ehn GRAFT, GRAHFT», transitive verb. 1. to graft (a shoot) from one tree or plant into or on another: »Peach trees can be engrafted on plum trees. 2. Figurative. to fix in; implant: »Honesty and thrift are engrafted in his character. Also,… …
