Inseminate

3 definitions found

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

  Inseminate \In*sem"i*nate\, v. t. [L. inseminatus, p. p. of
     inseminare to sow. See {Seminate}.]
     1. To sow seed into. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To sow seed into; to impregnate.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To implant in, as if sowing seed; as, to inseminate one's
        children with one's own prejudices; -- used mostly of
        ideas or attitudes..
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inseminate
       v 1: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with
            sunflower seeds" [syn: {sow}, {sow in}]
       2: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: {fecundate}, {fertilize},
           {fertilise}]

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

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "inseminate":
     bed, broadcast, cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate,
     cross-pollinize, dibble, disseminate, drill, fecundify, fertilize,
     forest, fructify, get with child, get with young, implant,
     impregnate, inculcate, infix, instill, plant, pollen, pollinate,
     pollinize, pot, put in, reforest, reset, retimber, scatter seed,
     seed, seed down, seminate, set, sow, sow broadcast, spermatize,
     transplant