Inoculate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inoculate \In*oc"u*late\, v. i.
     1. To graft by inserting buds.
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     2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
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     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}.
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     4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of
        harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate
        one with treason or infidelity.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inoculate
       v 1: introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers
            inoculated me with their beliefs"
       2: introduce a micro-organism into
       3: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
          "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse
          vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: {immunize}, {immunise},
           {vaccinate}]
       4: insert a bud for propagation
       5: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to
          render immune

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "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