v. Obs. or arch. [f. EN-1, IN- + GRAFF v.]
1. = ENGRAFT v. 1.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., IV. 33. He … nygh the roote ingraffeth his sarment.
1590. Marlowe, 2nd Pt. Tamburl., II. iii. That Zoacum, that fruit of bitterness, That in the midst of fire is ingraff’d.
a. 1617. P. Bayne, On Eph. (1658), 140. Before wee engraffe a Science, wee cut it, and set it for incision.
a. 1667. Cowley, Shortness Life, Wks. (1688), 138. Who does a slight and annual Plant engraff Upon a lasting stock.
2. fig. = ENGRAFT v. 2.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., 563. He is ouer greet to be ingraffid here.
1542. Becon, Christ. Banq., Wks. (1843), 74. He is ‘the vine,’ in whom we being ingraffed must needs bring forth much fruit.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., II. 145. He did after a certain maner engraffe them into ye household of Abraham.
1605. Answ. Supposed Discov. Rom. Doctr., &c. 46. They be matriculated and ingraffed to the University.
1641. Milton, Ch. Discip., I. (1851), 20. How many surreptitious works are ingraff’d into the legitimate writings of the Fathers.
1660. R. Coke, Power & Subj., 83. That there is a God … is … naturally ingraffed into the minds of all men.
1695. E. Welchman, Husbandm. Manual (1707), 43. There are too many, who, tho’ engraffed into the Church, live no better … than many Heathens.
1739. R. Bull, trans. Dedekindus’ Grobianus, 224.
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b. To beget. rare.
1864. Swinburne, Atalanta, 963. [Children] All holy born, engraffed of Tantalus.
† c. In passive: To be closely attached to. Obs.
1597. Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., II. ii. 67. You haue beene so lewde, and so much ingraffed to Falstaffe.
Hence Engraffed, ppl. a. Engraffer, Engraffing vbl. sb. Engraffment = ENGRAFTMENT.
1586. T. Rogers, 39 Art. (1621), 125. Before men be regenerate, they are … not engraffed, but wild olives.
1604. Shaks., Oth., II. iii. 145. With one of an ingraft Infirmitie.
a. 1612. Donne, Βιαθανατος (1644), 87. This first ingraffed and inborne desire.
1643. T. Goodwin, Trial Christian’s Growth, 8. He is the ingraffer, and implanter of all the branches into this Vine.
a. 1656. Vines, Lord’s Supp. (1677), 285. The one seals our engraffing and implanting into Christ, and that is Baptism.
1705. Stanhope, Paraphr., II. 52. Engraffing … incorporates one sort of Plant with a Tree of another.
a. 1638. Mede, Wks., I. xlii. 236. By their spiritual engrafment into him.
