ingraft

English

Alternative forms

• ingraff (obsolete)

Verb

ingraft (third-person singular simple present ingrafts, present participle ingrafting, simple past and past participle ingrafted)

1. Alternative spelling of engraft
   • 1852, James Fenimore Cooper, Precaution‎^[1]:

     "Why, everything about the colonel seems so seated, so ingrafted in his nature, so--so very self-satisfied, that I am afraid it would be a difficult task to take the first step in amendment--to convince him of its necessity?

   • 1902, John Lord, Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII‎^[2]:

     The dialogue was ingrafted on the chorus, and naturally partook of its character.

   • 1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health‎^[3]:

     In fact, all physical weakness, if ingrafted in either parent, is transmitted from parents to offspring […] .

Anagrams

• farting, rafting