ENGRAFT Synonyms

• (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

• the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

• the act of grafting something onto something else

• cause to grow together parts from different plants

• place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

• a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue

• fix or set securely or deeply

• become attached to and embedded in the uterus

• put firmly in the mind

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

• fill, as with a certain quality

• undergo the process of infusion

• let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

• introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes

• (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place

• a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface

• decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal

• a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

• an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

• (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

• (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

• put or introduce into something

• place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

• fit snugly into

• insert casually

• fix or set securely or deeply

• cause to grow together parts from different plants

• buildings for carrying on industrial labor

• (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

• an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

• something planted secretly for discovery by another

• put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

• fix or set securely or deeply

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• place into a river

• place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive

• put firmly in the mind