Definition of engraft Engraft
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What does engraft mean?
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| engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" | ||
| implant, embed, imbed, plant | ||
| infix, insert, enter, introduce attach a morpheme into a stem word | ||
| pot plant in a pot; "He potted the palm" | ||
| nest gather nests | ||
| bury, sink place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" | ||
| engraft - cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" | ||
| graft, ingraft | ||
| conjoin, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- engraft (Verb)
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant. - engraft (Verb)
To fix firmly into place. - engraft (Adjective)
Engrafted.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- engraft (v. t.)
See Ingraft.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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engraft
To fix or set securely or deeply.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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engraft
en-graft′, Ingraft, in-, v.t. to graft (a shoot of one tree) into another: to introduce something: to fix deeply.—ns. Engraftā′tion, act of engrafting: Engraft′ment, engrafting: the thing engrafted: a scion
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🔤- engraft, verb, present, 1st person singular of engraft (infinitive).
- engraft, verb (infinitive).
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