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

“Perhaps, between us both we may ingraft a little more pride in their natures, for I see they are sadly lacking.”

From Zula by Lindley, H. Esselstyn

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

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

It must not ingraft itself upon the passing and the accidental, but be pervaded by a poetic intuition of the real.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

Good sooth—yet fire is not ingraft in wood, But many are the seeds of heat, and when Rubbing together they together flow, They start the conflagrations in the forests.

From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery