engraft

UK: /ɪnˈɡrɑːft/ US: (en graft′, -gräft′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

en•graft  (en graft′, -gräft′), v.t. 

1. Botany [Hort.] to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:
   to engraft a peach on a plum.

v.i. 

2. Surgery (of living tissue) to become grafted.

Also, ingraft. 

• en-¹ + graft¹ 1575–85

en′graf•ta′tion, en•graft′ment, n. 

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engraft, ingraft / ɪnˈɡrɑːft/ verb (transitive)

1. to graft (a shoot, bud, etc) onto a stock
2. to incorporate in a firm or permanent way; implant: they engrafted their principles into the document

ˌengrafˈtation, ˌingrafˈtation, enˈgraftment, inˈgraftment noun