Grafe
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- graf (Dutch), grave
- Grafe, Heinrich, (May 3, 1802 – July 21, 1868), German educator, was born at Buttstadt in Saxe-Weimar [1]
- graft (countable and uncountable; plural grafts)
(countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. (uncountable, colloquial) effort needed for doing hard work. (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life. (uncountable) Corruption in official life. (countable) A con job. (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money). (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.