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en⋅graft

  [en-graft, -grahft]
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–verb (used with object)
1. Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation: to engraft a peach on a plum.
–verb (used without object)
2. Surgery. (of living tissue) to become grafted.
Also, ingraft.

Origin:
1575–85; en- 1 + graft 1

Related forms:
en⋅graf⋅ta⋅tion, en⋅graft⋅ment, noun
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en·graft   (ěn-grāft')   
tr.v.   en·graft·ed, en·graft·ing, en·grafts

  1. To graft (a scion) onto or into another plant.

  2. To plant firmly; establish.

en·graft'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: en·graft
Pronunciation: in-'graft
Function: transitive verb
: GRAFT<engrafted embryonic gill tissue into the back> —en·graft·ment /-'graf(t)-m&nt/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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