ingraft
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It was before remarked, that the theory of progressive development arose partly from an attempt to ingraft the doctrines of the transmutationists upon one of the most popular generalizations in geology.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Shall we not then hold fast and cherish such a faith? shall we not seek to understand its nature, and endeavor with our whole hearts to ingraft its principles upon our characters?
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Edward B. Hall
And 'tis great pitty, that the Noble Moore Should hazard such a Place, as his owne Second With one of an ingraft Infirmitie, It were an honest Action, to say so To the Moore Iago.
From Othello by William Shakespeare
The Scot's inalienable prerogative of pedigree exercised an influence over him, though he appeared as a foreign ingraft upon his Scotch family tree.
From Robert Louis Stevenson by Evelyn Blantyre Simpson
Imps: shoots, branches; from Anglo-Saxon, "impian," German, "impfen," to implant, ingraft.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves