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Ingrafting

Ingraft \In*graft"\, 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 name Upon our stock.
    --Dryden.

    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.

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ingrafting

vb. (present participle of ingraft English)

Usage examples of "ingrafting".

By ingrafting representation upon democracy, we arrive at a system of government capable of embracing and confederating all the various interests and every extent of territory and population.