To insert or fix (a tissue or organ) into a living body to grow. The surgeon will engraft the donor's skin onto the burn victim's arm.
To establish or implant something firmly. The teacher aimed to engraft a love of reading in her students.
To graft a shoot, scion, or bud onto another plant so that the two parts grow as one. Horticulturists often engraft pear branches onto quince rootstocks to improve fruit quality.