inoculate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inoculate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inoculate v introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs" introduce a microorganism into perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" Synonym(s): immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate insert a bud for propagation impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inoculate \Inoc"ulate\, v. i. 1. To graft by inserting buds. 2. To communicate disease by inoculation.