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Inoculate

Inoculate Meaning & Definition
Inoculate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inoculate?

[v] impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
[v] insert a bud for propagation
[v] perfomr vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
[v] introduce a micro-organism into
[v] introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inoculate: immunise | immunize | vaccinate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inoculate: admit | animate | beat into | brainwash | catechize | condition | ease in | embue | enliven | enter | exhilarate | fire | imbue | immunize | implant | impregnate | impress | inculcate | indoctrinate | infect | infix | inform | infuse | ingrain | inject | insert | insinuate | inspire | inspirit | instill | interject | introduce | intromit | invest | leaven | perfuse | pop in | program | put in | set in | shoot | slip in | spirit | spirit up | steep | stick in | suffuse | throw in | tuck in | vaccinate | whip in

See Also | enclose | impregnate | inclose | inform | inject | insert | introduce | propagate | put in | seed | shoot | stick in

Inoculate In Webster's Dictionary

\In*oc"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inoculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inoculating},.] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in,on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See {Ocular}.] 1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant. 2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree. 3. (Med.) To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See {Vaccinate}. 4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
\In*oc"u*late\, v. i. 1. To graft by inserting buds. 2. To communicate disease by inoculation.

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