Inoculate

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.

2.verb(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

3.verbTo add one substance to another; to spike.

"The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake."

4.verbTo graft by inserting buds.

"to inoculate a tree"

5.verbTo introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue; to implant.

"to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity"

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