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)

1. The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
   • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:

     No Tillage or Agriculture ; no Reaping or Mowing ; no Plowing or Digging ; no Pruning or Lopping ; Grafting or Insition

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)