v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting.]
[Written also engraft.]
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 nameDryden.
Upon our stock.
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.
