verb
- to graft (a shoot or bud) onto a plant
- to incorporate or establish firmly as if by grafting
Usage: horticulture
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The gardener engrafts apple branches onto the rootstock.
- She carefully engrafts the rose cutting onto the hardy stem.
- The teacher engrafts good study habits into her students.
- He engrafts traditional values into modern practices.
- The company engrafts new policies into its existing framework.
- Time engrafts wisdom into experience.