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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENGR`AFT, v.t. To ingraft, which see.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" [syn: graft, engraft, ingraft]
2: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 1549 transitive verb 1. to join or fasten as if by grafting 2. graft 1 3. graft 3 intransitive verb 1. to become grafted and begin functioning normally <the transplanted bone marrow engrafted successfully> • engraftment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also ingraft) 1 Bot. (usu. foll. by into, upon) insert (a scion of one tree into another). 2 (usu. foll. by in) implant (principles etc.) in a person's mind. 3 (usu. foll. by into) incorporate permanently. Derivatives: engraftment n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Engraft En*graft", v. t. See Ingraft. --Shak.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

en-graft' (Jas 1:21 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) IMPLANT).