单词 | engraft |
释义 | engraftingraftv. 1. a. transitive. To graft in; to insert (a scion of one tree) as a graft into or upon (another). Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > propagate [verb (transitive)] > a cutting: graft impc1000 graff1377 engraffc1420 seta1425 graft1483 engrafta1677 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > propagate [verb (transitive)] > a cutting: graft > a stock: graft upon stock1528 graff1564 work1606 graft1624 engrafta1677 a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 265 Upon the wildest stock divine husbandry can engraft most excellent fruit. 1702 J. Cunningham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1206 When they ingraft, they do not slit the Stock as we do, but cut a small slice off the outside of the Stock. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xiv. 50 If upon a Plumbtree, Peaches and Apricots are engrafted. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. lx. 367 Trees..which, by engrafting, bear two kinds of fruit. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 640 Pear-trees are propagated by engrafting..upon free stocks. b. transferred. To set firmly in. ΘΚΠ 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 imp1340 graff1377 engraffa1400 graft1562 complant1582 inoculate1615 engraft1793 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §83 The foundation stones of every course were engrafted into, or rather rooted in the rock. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §245 A socket, whereby the courses would have been mutually engrafted. 2. figurative. (Often with express reference to a metaphorical ‘tree’, ‘stock’, etc.) a. To implant (virtues, dispositions, sentiments) in the mind; to incorporate (a thing) into a previously existing system or unity, (an alien) into a race or community; and the like. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > implant insowc1340 pitch1340 graffc1420 fixa1533 instincta1538 implanta1541 engraft1585 enrace1590 inoculate1604 place1621 haft1755 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 > specific something immaterial engraft1585 inoculate1604 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vi. 97 This word..would roote out vice and ingraft vertue. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 124 This ardent loue.., hauing ingrafted mee into God by her vniting vertue. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiv. ii. 888 Lest that their sad..and pensive cogitations, should bee..engrafted in the issue. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 167 Finding that some false tenents were engrafted amongst the ignorant. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Yet God hath ingrafted your Honour into another stocke. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 40 This cannot be lesse then to ingraft sin into the substance of the law. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvii. xii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 565 A certain young man..ingrafted himself into the kindred of Herod, by the resemblance of his countenance. 1743 H. Fielding Of Remedy Afflict. in Misc. I. 298 Acquiring solid lasting Habits of Virtue, and ingrafting them into our Character. b. Const. on, upon: To super-add (something adventitious) to something already existing which serves as a basis. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 35 All his works on mee Good or not good ingraft, my Merit those Shall perfet, and for these my Death shall pay. View more context for this quotation 1736 G. Berkeley Querist: Pt. II (new ed.) §106 It may..be fatal to engraft trade on a national bank. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 187 You can..ingraft any description of republic on a monarchy. View more context for this quotation 1800 H. Dundas in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 563 The addition made to your European infantry..would have the advantage of being engrafted on old disciplined well seasoned regiments. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 245 An executory limitation [is] engrafted on an alternate contingent remainder in fee on another. 1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. I. Introd. 18 On the decayed stock of urban liberty, they engrafted the vigorous shoots of pastoral freedom. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 524 A bill of pains and penalties..should be..engrafted on the Bill of Indemnity. 1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. i. 14 It had been added to, or engrafted on, the tall, old, square baronial tower. ΚΠ 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 164 Whether they would admit talleys and their own notes to be engrafted upon their stock. 3. a. To graft (a tree), to furnish with a graft. ΚΠ 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. vii. 77 Fruit-trees are somewhat in the same case by being engrafted [later edd. ingrafted]. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > immunoprophylaxis > immunize [verb (transitive)] > inoculate or vaccinate > against smallpox engraft1718 vaccinate1800 vacciolate1802 cow-pox1829 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 23 Mar. (1965) I. 392 The Boy was engrafted last Tusday... I cannot engraft the Girl; her Nurse has not had the small Pox. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1585 |
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