Meanings
present singular third person engrafts · participle present engrafting · participle past engrafted · past engrafted · alternative ingraft · alternative engraff
- To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
- To fix firmly into place
Then the conceit of this inconstant stay Sets you most rich in youth before my sight, Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay, To change your day of youth to sullied night; And all in war with Time for love of you, As he takes from you, I engraft you new.
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 15”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
comparative more engraft · superlative most engraft · alternative ingraft · alternative engraff
- rareEngrafted.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From earlier ingraft, equivalent to en- (“in”) + graft.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian присаждам, ашладисвам
- присаждам (prisaždam)To insert, as a scion
- ашладисвам (ašladisvam)To insert, as a scion
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
engraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engraft
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