ineye

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verb

To innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.

OriginMiddle English *ineyen →
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Meanings

verbineye (third-person singular simple present ineyes, present participle ineyeing or (rare) ineying, simple past and past participle ineyed)

present singular third person ineyes · participle present ineyeing · participle present rare ineying · participle past ineyed · past ineyed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.

    One would be almost here tempted to believe, that Theophrastus means grafting, were it not for the climate of Attica, which may possibly have favourted the above practice of ineyeing.

    1768, John Gibson, The Fruit-gardener

Origin

  1. Middle English*ineyen
  2. Englishineye

From Middle English *ineyen, eneien, eneyen, equivalent to in- + eye.

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APA

ineye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineye

MLA

“ineye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineye. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ineye,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineye.

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