insition
English
Etymology
From insitio, from inserere, insitum (“to sow or plant in, to ingraft”), from in- (“in”) + serere, satum (“to sow”).
Noun
insition (plural insitions)
- The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)