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engrafted

engrafted is the simple past and past participle of engraft.

Meaning of engraft

Verb

engraft (third-person singular simple present engrafts, present participle engrafting, simple past and past participle engrafted)

  1. To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
  2. To fix firmly into place
    • Then the conceit of this inconstant stay
      Sets you most rich in youth before my sight,
      Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay,
      To change your day of youth to sullied night;
      And all in war with Time for love of you,
      As he takes from you, I engraft you new.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 15”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

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Words formed from engrafted

Questions about engrafted

What is engrafted the simple past and past participle of?
Engrafted is the simple past and past participle of engraft.

Words near engrafted in the dictionary

  1. engraft
  2. engraftability
  3. engraftable
  4. engraftation
  5. engraftations
  6. engrafted
  7. engrafter
  8. engrafters
  9. engrafting
  10. engraftment
  11. engraftments

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