inoculate
inoculate has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.
Definitions
- v. t.. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
- v. t.. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
- v. t.. 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.
- v. t.. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
- v. i.. To graft by inserting buds.
- v. i.. To communicate disease by inoculation.
- v.. impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
- v.. insert a bud for propagation
- v.. perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
- v.. introduce a microorganism into
- v.. introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"