INOCULATE
\ɪnˈɒkjʊlˌe͡ɪt], \ɪnˈɒkjʊlˌeɪt], \ɪ_n_ˈɒ_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of INOCULATE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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perfomr vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
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impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
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insert a bud for propagation
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introduce a micro-organism into
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
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insert a bud for propagation
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introduce a micro-organism into
By Princeton University
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To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
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To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
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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.
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To graft by inserting buds.
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To communicate disease by inoculation.
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Fig.: To introduce into the mind; - used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
By Oddity Software
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To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
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To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
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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.
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To graft by inserting buds.
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To communicate disease by inoculation.
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Fig.: To introduce into the mind; - used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
By Noah Webster.
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To communicate a disease to, in a mild form, by the insertion of infectious matter or germs into the system, in order to make the person so treated free from future attacks; to inculcate (harmful ideas).
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To insert an eye or bud: to ingraft: to communicate disease by inserting matter in the skin.
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To propagate by budding: to practice inoculation.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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