engraft verb. [ɪn'grɑ:ft, ɛn-] Also ingraft. L16.
[from EN-¹, IN-² + GRAFT verb¹. See also earlier ENGRAFF.]
1. verb trans. & intrans. = GRAFT verb¹ 1,4. (Foll. by into, upon.) L16.

2. verb trans. Implant, incorporate, (in or into an already existing system etc.); add on to an already existing base; = GRAFT verb¹ 2a. L16.
■ Henry Fielding Acquiring solid lasting habits of virtue, and ingrafting them into our character.
■ J. Grant It had been added to, or engrafted on, the tall, old, square baronial tower.

3. verb trans. Add to the stock of a trading company. L17-L18.

4. verb trans. Introduce smallpox virus into (a person's system); inoculate. Only in E18.

5. verb trans. = GRAFT verb¹ 6. L19.

■ engraftment noun the action or an act of engrafting; a graft: M17.

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