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• Engraft

  [en-graft, -grahft] /ɛnˈgræft, -ˈgrɑft/ verb (used with object) 1. Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation: to engraft a peach on a plum. verb (used without object) 2. Surgery. (of living tissue) to become . /ɪnˈɡrɑːft/ verb (transitive) 1. to graft (a shoot, bud, etc) onto a […]

• Engrail

  [en-greyl] /ɛnˈgreɪl/ verb (used with object) 1. to ornament the edge of with curved indentations. 2. Minting. to make dots or curves on the cylindrical edge of (a coin, medal, etc.) so as to form a pattern. /ɪnˈɡreɪl/ verb 1. (transitive) to decorate or mark (the edge of) (a coin) with small carved notches

• Engrailed

  [en-greyld] /ɛnˈgreɪld/ adjective, Heraldry. 1. having an edge of a charge consisting of a number of concave curves. [en-greyl] /ɛnˈgreɪl/ verb (used with object) 1. to ornament the edge of with curved indentations. 2. Minting. to make dots or curves on the cylindrical edge of (a coin, medal, etc.) so as to form a pattern. […]

• Engrain

  [en-greyn] /ɛnˈgreɪn/ verb (used with object), adjective 1. (defs 1, 2). /ɪnˈɡreɪn/ verb 1. a variant spelling of ingrain v. late 14c., originally “(dye) in grain,” from French phrase en graine, from graine “seed of a plant,” also “cochineal” (the source of the dye was thought to be berries), thus “fast-dyed.” Later associated with grain […]

• Engrained

  [en-greynd, en-greynd] /ɛnˈgreɪnd, ˈɛnˌgreɪnd/ adjective 1. . [en-greyn] /ɛnˈgreɪn/ verb (used with object), adjective 1. (defs 1, 2). /ɪnˈɡreɪn/ verb 1. a variant spelling of ingrain v. late 14c., originally “(dye) in grain,” from French phrase en graine, from graine “seed of a plant,” also “cochineal” (the source of the dye was thought to be […]

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