ineye
ineye verb: to innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.
Verb
ineye (third-person singular simple present ineyes, present participle ineyeing or (rare) ineying, simple past and past participle ineyed)
- To innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.
- One would be almost here tempted to believe, that Theophrastus means grafting, were it not for the climate of Attica, which may possibly have favourted the above practice of ineyeing.1768, John Gibson, The Fruit-gardener
Forms of ineye
| third-person singular present | ineyes |
|---|---|
| present participle | ineyeing |
| past participle | ineyed |
| past | ineyed |
| present participle (rare) | ineying |
Origin of ineye
From Middle English *ineyen, eneien, eneyen, equivalent to in- + eye.
Questions about ineye
- What does ineye mean?
- Ineye means to innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.
- What part of speech is ineye?
- Ineye is a verb.
- What is the past tense of ineye?
- The past tense of ineye is ineyed.
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