Associations to the word «Inoculate»
Wiktionary
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]
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?