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.