'Inoculate' definitions:

Definition of 'inoculate'

From: WordNet
verb
Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
verb
Introduce a microorganism into
verb
Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate]
verb
Insert a bud for propagation
verb
Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune

Definition of 'Inoculate'

From: GCIDE
  • Inoculate \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Med.) To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a means of inducing immunological resistance to that or related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox, rabies, etc. See Vaccinate. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Microbiology) To introduce microorganisms into (a growth medium), to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin. [PJC]

Definition of 'Inoculate'

From: GCIDE
  • Inoculate \In*oc"u*late\, v. i.
  • 1. To graft by inserting buds. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To communicate disease by inoculation. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'inoculate'

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