The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ingraft \In*graft"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting.] [Written also engraft.]
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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 name Upon our stock.
--Dryden.A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome.
--Burke. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: ingraft)
Usage examples of "ingrafted".
A newly ingrafted instinct for socially correct behavior, surfacing right on cue, rather to his own surprise, assured him that that was the proper thing to do.
A newly ingrafted instinct for socially correct behavior, surfacing right on cue, rather to his own surprise, assured him that that was the proper thing to do.
It is this implied engagement that so frequently offends the ingrafted white.