1. to graft (a shoot or bud) onto a plant
Usage: horticultural
2. to fix or establish deeply and firmly
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The gardener will ingraft the apple branch onto the rootstock.
• She learned to ingraft different varieties of roses.
• The teacher tried to ingraft good study habits in her students.
• Years of practice ingrafted discipline into the athlete’s routine.
• The values were ingrafted into the family tradition.
• He hoped to ingraft new ideas into the old system.