| ingraft | 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. Origin: Ingrafted; Ingrafting Alternative forms: engraft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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