ingraft
/ɪnˈɡræft/
verb
- To insert or fix firmly; to implant (often used figuratively).
- The teacher tried to ingraft a love of reading in her students.
- New traditions were ingrafted into the old festival over time.
- The company sought to ingraft a culture of innovation among its employees.
- To graft (a plant) onto another plant.
- The farmer ingrafted the young shoot to improve fruit production.
- They ingrafted a rose cutting onto a hardy rootstock.
- The gardener ingrafted the apple branch onto the pear tree.
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