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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ingraft en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of engraft.
    alt of engraft
    • "Why, everything about the colonel seems so seated, so ingrafted in his nature, so--so very self-satisfied, that I am afraid it would be a difficult task to take the first step in amendment--to convince him of its necessity? 1852, James Fenimore Cooper, Precaution:
    • In fact, all physical weakness, if ingrafted in either parent, is transmitted from parents to offspring[…]. 1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health:
    • The dialogue was ingrafted on the chorus, and naturally partook of its character. 1902, John Lord, Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ingrafted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ingrafted Tense=Past lexicographic
ingrafting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ingraff alternative lexicographic
ingrafts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

ingrafter · uningrafted