graft

Meaning

1. 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.
2. A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
3. A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

transplant

engraft

act dishonestly

join together

put into

succeed to

combine with

accepting bribes

wear in belt

bribe-taking

take a cutting of

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹɑːft/

From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar.