engraft
/ɪnˈɡræft/
verb
- To insert or attach (a living tissue, such as skin or a bud) into a part of the body or plant where it will grow.
- The doctor explained how they would engraft the donor tissue onto the patient's damaged cornea.
- Gardeners often engraft a bud from a desirable fruit tree onto a hardy rootstock.
- The surgeon will engraft a piece of healthy skin onto the burn wound.
- To fix or establish something firmly, such as an idea, habit, or principle.
- These traditions were engrafted into the culture over many centuries.
- The teacher tried to engraft a love of reading into her students.
- The company's core values are engrafted into every training program.