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  1. 1. v. t. To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. cause to grow together parts from different plants Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something. This fellow would ingraft a foreign name Upon our stock. Dryden. A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome. Burke. 2. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree. Source: webster
  5. 5. v cause to grow together parts from different plants Source: ecdict

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