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insition

insition noun: the insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.

Noun

insition (countable and uncountable, plural insitions)

  1. (obsolete) The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
    • No Tillage or Agriculture ; no Reaping or Mowing ; no Plowing or Digging ; no Pruning or Lopping ; Grafting or Insition1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC
    • by insition of the scion upon his own othera. 1683 (date written), Thomas Browne, edited by Simon Wilkin, Sir Thomas Browne’s Works […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: William Pickering; Norwich, Norfolk: Josiah Fletcher...

Forms of insition

pluralinsitions

Origin of insition

From insitio, from inserere, insitum (“to sow or plant in, to ingraft”), from in- (“in”) + serere, satum (“to sow”).

Questions about insition

What does insition mean?
Insition means the insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
What part of speech is insition?
Insition is a noun.
What is the plural of insition?
The plural of insition is insitions.

Words near insition in the dictionary

  1. insisting
  2. insistingly
  3. insistive
  4. insists
  5. insitiency
  6. insition
  7. insitions
  8. insizwaite
  9. Inskeep
  10. Inskeeps
  11. Inskip

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