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1591 L. Wright Pilgrimage to Paradise ii. 5 So must euery child of Adam, bee remoued from the wild Wood of nature: And (by baptim) replanted in the fruitfull orchard of grace: regrafted with the sweete Garden imps of true christian doctrine.

1685 W. Kennett tr. Pliny Addr. Thanks to Good Prince 77 May we aptly learn what a generous Soul it argued to gather up and reunite our scatter'd, and as it were divorc'd Families, to regraft and so husband them as that fresh branches may shoot forth.

a1699 T. Nourse Campania Fœlix (1706) x. 144 Men are forc'd many Times to behead such Trees, and regraft them with some other Fruit.

1766 T. Nourse Disc. Benenefits Husb. in Compl. Farmer at Canker It may possibly be saved, by regrafting it with a winter quinnin.

1803 Philos. Trans. 93 282 When a large tree has been deprived of its branches, to be regrafted, it often becomes unhealthy.

1871 Catholic World July 548 A graft which the owner regarded with great pride having died, Richard regrafted it. It lived and bore fruit.

1947 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 74 667/1 This area became gangrenous, was removed and regrafted.

1982 R. K. French Hist. Virtues Cyder 79 The fragments of the original tree are grafted and regrafted to produce thousands of trees.

2005 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 140 1080/1 The eye was regrafted, and the graft remained clear during the 28 months of follow-up.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §454 It may bee, that oft Regrafting of the same Cions, may likewise make Fruit greater.

1732 S. J. Vineyard (ed. 2) 157 Amongst the many Experiments which have ben successfully try'd, none is more delightful..than that of frequent regrafting or grafting upon the grafted stock.

1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xiii. 177 There is no regrafting of exscinded boughs into the heavenly olive-tree.

1907 H. de Vries Plant-breeding iv. 176 It is manifest that the change of varieties requires the regrafting of orchards and cannot be performed at once.

2007 Jrnl. Burns & Wounds 7 37 In this group of patients, slow healing, graft failure, and regrafting are more common.