reingraftv.
/ˌriːɪnˈɡrɑːft/, /ˌriːɪnˈɡraft/, /ˌriːɪŋˈɡrɑːft/, /ˌriːɪŋˈɡraft/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈɡræft/, /ˌriɪŋˈɡræft/ Chiefly figurative.
transitive. To ingraft again.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > implant > again
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1609 tr. ‘J. Ursinus’ Romane Conclaue 116 The Bishop..concluding, That that Noble branch of the Church (meaning Iewes [printed Lewes]) which now began to be seperated, should again be re-ingrafted into the body of the tree.
1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation 539 Kingdoms, or Nations, becoming the Lords, doth take in the Iews re-ingrafting.
1825 R. Wilson Hist. Hawick xiv. 121 Their persevering efforts to re-ingraft upon the human mind some of the dangerous dogmas and profitless difficulties that have rent asunder the peace of society in former times.
1993 C. Martindale Redeeming Text i. 16 Texts, we can say (following Derrida), have a capacity for reingrafting themselves within new contexts, and thus remaining readable.
Derivatives
reinˈgrafting n.
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1705 Mr. Dodwell's Case in View Consider'd 138 His Schism has cut him off; and thereby must need reingrafting.
1752 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) X. 245 This does not imply the re-ingrafting of these Gentiles.
1885 Homiletic Rev. Feb. 106 The re-ingrafting of Israel into their own olive tree.
1988 D. C. Juster in S. M. Burgess et al. Dict. Pentecostal & Charismatic Movements 603/2 Some see the present regathering as a stage of God's working to eventually bring the promised..ultimate salvation and reingrafting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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