inoculate [ ih-nok-yuh-leyt ]
verb (used with object), in·oc·u·lat·ed, in·oc·u·lat·ing.
1. to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
2. to affect or treat (a person, animal, or plant) in this manner.
3. to introduce (microorganisms) into surroundings suited to their growth, as a culture medium.
4. to imbue (a person), as with ideas.
5. Metallurgy. to treat (molten metal) chemically to strengthen the microstructure.
verb (used without object), in·oc·u·lat·ed, in·oc·u·lat·ing.
6. to perform inoculation.
OTHER WORDS FROM INOCULATE
in·oc·u·la·tive [ih-nok-yuh-ley-tiv, -yuh-luh-], adjective
in·oc·u·la·tor, noun
non·in·oc·u·la·tive, adjective
re·in·oc·u·late, verb, re·in·oc·u·lat·ed, re·in·oc·u·lat·ing.
WORDS RELATED TO INOCULATE
vaccinate, inject, protect
SYNONYMS FOR INOCULATE
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4. indoctrinate, infuse.
Origin: First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin inoculātus, past participle of inoculāre “to graft by budding, implant,” equivalent to in- “in” + -oculā- (stem of -oculāre “to graft,” derivative of oculus “eye, bud”) + -tus past participle suffix; see in-
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