1. to graft (a shoot or bud) onto a plant
Usage: horticulture
2. to incorporate or establish firmly as if by grafting
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The gardener will engraft the apple branch onto the rootstock.
• She learned to engraft different varieties of roses onto hardy stems.
• The teacher tried to engraft good study habits in her students.
• Traditional values were engrafted into the new curriculum.
• The company sought to engraft innovation into its corporate culture.
• He hoped to engraft his artistic vision onto the existing design.