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 Lyell, Charles, Sir

There may also, perhaps, be cases where teachers, whose schools are already in successful operation, may ingraft upon their own plans some things which are here proposed.

From The Teacher by Abbott, Jacob

Two other attempts to ingraft new and vital power on the rigid and trivial sentimentality of the Italian forms of opera were those of Rossini and Weber.

From The Great German Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

There were others of note seated on the platform, who would gladly ingraft upon English institutions all that is purely republican in the institutions of America.

From My Bondage and My Freedom by Douglass, Frederick

Imps: shoots, branches; from Anglo-Saxon, "impian," German, "impfen," to implant, ingraft.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing