engraft

C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture

Also spelled ingraft

US /ɛnˈɡræft/ UK /ɪnˈɡrɑːft/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to insert a shoot into another plant, or to fix firmly into something

The gardener engrafted a hardy stem onto the older rootstock.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to insert a shoot into... graft implant insert embed instill inculcate

Opposites

uproot remove extract

Word family

Derived forms engraftmentengrafted

Related forms graft

Etymology

From en- ('in') + graft (from Old French greffe, from Latin graphium 'stylus', from Ancient Greek gráphein 'to write'), so named because a scion resembled a pointed stylus.

graphium Latin gráphein Ancient Greek

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Topics

Plants & Agriculture

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# engraft

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɛnˈɡræft/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈɡrɑːft/

## Meanings
1. to insert a shoot into another plant, or to fix firmly into something

## Examples
- The gardener engrafted a hardy stem onto the older rootstock.

## Synonyms
- graft
- implant
- insert
- embed
- instill
- inculcate

## Antonyms
- uproot
- remove
- extract

## Derived Forms
- engraftment
- engrafted

## Related Forms
- graft

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: graphium
- Root: gráphein

## Etymology
From en- ('in') + graft (from Old French greffe, from Latin graphium 'stylus', from Ancient Greek gráphein 'to write'), so named because a scion resembled a pointed stylus.

## AI Etymology
Engraft comes from en- ('in') + graft (from Old French greffe, from Latin graphium 'stylus', from Ancient Greek gráphein 'to write'), so named because a scion resembled a pointed stylus. The etymological trail includes Latin graphium and Ancient Greek gráphein. As a verb, engraft means to insert a shoot into another plant, or to fix firmly into something. The same family is visible in derived forms such as engraftment and engrafted and related forms such as graft. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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