inoculating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inoculating	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inoculating n the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating" Synonym(s): inoculating, vaccinating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inoculate \Inoc"ulate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inoculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inoculating},.] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in,on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See {Ocular}.] 1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant. 2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree. 3. (Med.) 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}. 4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.