What does engraft mean?

Definitions for engraft
ɛnˈgræft, -ˈgrɑften·graft

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. graft, engraft, ingraftverb

    cause to grow together parts from different plants

    "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

  2. implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plantverb

    fix or set securely or deeply

    "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

Wiktionary

  1. engraftverb

    To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant

  2. engraftverb

    To fix firmly into place

  3. engraftadjective

    Engrafted.

  4. Etymology: From earlier ingraft, equivalent to.

ChatGPT

  1. engraft

    To engraft is to implant or insert an idea, principle, or attribute into a person's mind, character, or behavior. It can also refer to the process of inserting a shoot or bud of one plant into a different plant in order to form a new plant through the method of grafting. In medicine, it refers to the process of transplanting tissue or an organ from one body to another or from one area to another within the same body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Engraftverb

    see Ingraft

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of engraft in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of engraft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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