Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Antonyms for engraft
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-graft, -grahft |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgræft, -ˈgrɑft |
Definition of engraft
Origin :- 1580s, from en- (1) + graft (v.). Related: Engrafted; engrafting.
- As in instill : verb implant, introduce
- And how had such degradations been able to engraft themselves into the blood of his son?
- Extract from : « Their Son; The Necklace » by Eduardo Zamacois
- We have to engraft on despotism those blessings which are the natural fruits of liberty.
- Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- They began now to engraft on the crab-apple tree, which was found indigenous.
- Extract from : « History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia » by Charles Campbell
- It would be worse than useless to attempt to engraft our marriage customs upon these naive children of Nature.
- Extract from : « The North Pole » by Robert E. Peary
- It has the rugged severity of an old chronicle with all that the imagination of the poet can engraft upon traditional belief.
- Extract from : « Hazlitt on English Literature » by Jacob Zeitlin
- Trembley next undertook to engraft one individual upon another!
- Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. » by E. Rameur
- We were not sent here to engraft new principles into our foreign policy, and I will not consent to enter upon that business.
- Extract from : « A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention » by Lucius Eugene Chittenden
- He detaches himself from a rotten tree which is about to fall, in order to engraft himself on a vigorous wild stock.
- Extract from : « History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (Volume 1) » by J. H. Merle D'Aubign
- We have rather to take our native stock as we find it, and engraft upon it a slip from the German.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science » by Various
- Ethelred sought to "engraft the branch of Cerdic upon the stem of Rollo," in the hope of increasing the power of England.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 » by Various
Synonyms for engraft
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019