Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graft the forked tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: graft the -forked tree
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He would hardly have perswaded Calisthenes to refuse his faire daughter Agarista to Hippoclides, because he had seen him graft the forked tree [translating faire l'arbre fourché] in her upon a table."
"’Fore Venus, Fawn, I have been shaling of peascods; upon four great madonnas have I this afternoon grafted the forked tree."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

grafts the forked tree (present, singular) grafting the forked tree (participle, present) grafted the forked tree (participle, past) grafted the forked tree (past)

Synonyms

discuss Uganda haul one's ashes someone's etchings

Questions

What does graft the forked tree mean?: To have sex.

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