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Definition of graft:

(n) : a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit; a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot
(v) : to insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon; to implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union
"and graft my love immortal on thy fame! -- Pope"
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Definition of graft:

(n) : a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit; a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot
(v) : to insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon; to implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union
"and graft my love immortal on thy fame! -- Pope"
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