Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
GRAFT
I. noun see: carve
Date: 14th century
1. a grafted plant, scion 1, the point of insertion of a scion upon a stock,
2. the act of grafting, something grafted,
II. verb
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to cause (a scion) to unite with a stock, to propagate (a plant) by grafting,
2. to join or unite as if by grafting, to attach (a chemical unit) to a main molecular chain, to implant (living tissue) surgically, intransitive verb to become grafted, to perform grafting, grafter noun
III. noun
Etymology: English dialect graft, verb , to work
Date: 1853
work , labor ,
IV.
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1859
transitive verb to get (illicit gain) by graft, intransitive verb to practice graft,
V. noun
Date: 1865
the acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways