ingraft

• Verbe vieilli signifiant insérer ou fixer solidement quelque chose, surtout au sens figuré ; implanter ou inoculer.

An archaic verb meaning to insert or fix something firmly, especially in a figurative sense; to implant or engraft.

1. Graft plantsC1formalscientific

   To insert a shoot or bud from one plant into another plant so that they grow together as one.

   Greffer (des plantes)

   • The gardener ingrafted the apple branch onto the pear tree.
   • They learned how to ingraft fruit trees in the botany class.
   • Most modern rose varieties are ingrafted onto hardy rootstocks.

   Synonymesengraftgraft

2. Implant firmlyC2formal

   To fix something securely or firmly into a system or habit.

   Implanter fermement

   • The principles of honesty were ingrafted into his character from an early age.
   • She ingrafted the new procedure into the company's daily operations.
   • Attempts to ingraft foreign cultural practices often face resistance.

   Synonymesembedestablishfixgraftimplantinculcateinfixroot

   Antonymesdislodgeextractremoveuproot