v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting. ] [ Written also engraft. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] This fellow would ingraft a foreign name
Upon our stock. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree. [ 1913 Webster ] | 