INGRAFTS

Verb

ingrafts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft

Anagrams

• fartings, strafing

Source: Wiktionary


INGRAFT

In*graft", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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