Associations to the word «Inoculate»

INOCULATE, verb. (transitive) (immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from a. 1722]

INOCULATE, verb. (transitive) (by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

INOCULATE, verb. To add one substance to another; to spike.

INOCULATE, verb. To graft by inserting buds. [from c. 1420]

INOCULATE, verb. (figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue. [from a. 1600]

INOCULATE, verb. Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs".

INOCULATE, verb. Introduce a microorganism into.

INOCULATE, verb. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school".

INOCULATE, verb. Insert a bud for propagation.

INOCULATE, verb. Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune.