Word
Inoculate
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-oc-u-late
Definition
- v. t. - To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or
plant in another tree or plant.
- v. t. - To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a
tree.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially
of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with
treason or infidelity.
- v. i. - To graft by inserting buds.
- v. i. - To communicate disease by inoculation.
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