† engraffingraffv.
Obsolete or archaic.
1. = engraft v. 1.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > propagate [verb (transitive)] > a cutting: graft
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c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 33 He..nygh the roote ingraffeth his sarment.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. G5v That zoacum that fruit of bitternesse, That in the midst of fire is ingrafft.
a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 140 Before wee engraffe a Science, wee cut it, and set it for incision.
a1667 A. Cowley Shortness Life in Wks. (1688) 138 Who does a slight and annual Plant engraff Upon a lasting stock.
1760 J. Beattie tr. Virgil 1st Pastoral in Orig. Poems & Transl. 97 Now, Meliboeus, now ingraff the pear, Now teach the vine its tender sprays to rear!
1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. iii. 33 There is scarcely a kind of tree, but may be ingraffed into any other kind.
2. † c. In passive: To be closely attached to. Obsolete.
a. figurative. = engraft v. 2.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > so as to unite
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graff1377
engraffa1400
graft1562
complant1582
inoculate1615
engraft1793
a1400 J. Wyclif 1 Tim. vi. 10 The which sum men coueitynge, erreden fro the feith, and bisettiden [v.r. ingraffiden; L. inserebant] hem with many sorwis.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 563 He is ouer greet to be ingraffid here.
1542 T. Becon Christmas Bankette sig. E.jv He is the vyne, in whome we beyng ingraffed must nedes brynge forthe muche fruyte.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 145 He did after a certain maner engraffe them into ye household of Abraham.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 142 To ingrafe and poure in the hartis of the ignorant people, diuine rites.
1605 Answ. Supposed Discov. Rom. Doctr. &c. 46 They be matriculated and ingraffed to the University.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 25 How many surreptitious works are ingraff'd into the legitimate writings of the Fathers.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 83 in Justice Vindicated That there is a God..is..naturally ingraffed into the minds of all men.
1695 E. Welchman Husbandm. Man. (1707) 43 There are too many, who, tho' engraffed into the Church, live no better..than many Heathens.
1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 224 The better to ingraff In Mem'ry ev'ry useful Paragraph.
b. To beget. rare.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)] > beget
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conceivec1350
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sirea1616
engraff1864
1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 963 [Children] All holy born, engraffed of Tantalus.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > be closely attached to
engraff1600
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 55 You haue been so lewd and so much engraffed to Falstaffe. View more context for this quotation
Derivatives
enˈgraffed adj.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > so as to unite
graffed14..
impedc1440
engraffed1607
engrafted1609
the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [adjective] > grafted
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stock-grafted1707
inarched1736
workeda1763
root-grafted1835
bud-grafted1930
1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 57 Before men be regenerate, they are..not engraffed, but wild oliues.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 132 With one of an ingraft infirmity. View more context for this quotation
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. ii. §3 This first ingraffed and inborne desire.
enˈgraffer adj.
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1641 T. Goodwin Tryall Christians Growth Introd. 11 He is the ingraffer, and implanter of all the branches into this Vine.
enˈgraffing n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting
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grafting1483
imping1600
insition1601
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engraftment1647
engrafture1654
implantation1654
engraffing1656
escutcheon1658
engrafting1667
adosculation1731
engraftation1816
1656 R. Vines Treat. Inst. Lords-Supper xxi. 256 Unto this Covenant..hang two seals, the one seals our engraffing and implanting unto Christ.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 52 Engraffing..incorporates one sort of Plant with a Tree of another.
enˈgraffment n. = engraftment n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting
graffing1398
grafting1483
imping1600
insition1601
engraffmenta1638
engraftment1647
engrafture1654
implantation1654
engraffing1656
escutcheon1658
engrafting1667
adosculation1731
engraftation1816
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) i. xlii. 236 By their spiritual engraffment into him.
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