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Verb: inoculate  i'nókyu`leyt
  1. Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
    "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
     
  2. Introduce a microorganism into
     
  3. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
    - immunize, immunise [Brit], vaccinate
     
  4. Insert a bud for propagation
     
  5. Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune

Derived forms: inoculated, inoculating, inoculates

See also: inoculant, inoculating, inoculation, inoculator

Type of: enclose, impregnate, inclose, inform, inject, insert, introduce, propagate, put in, shoot, stick in

Encyclopedia: Inoculate