Inoculate

inoculate
    v 1: introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My
         teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
    2: introduce a microorganism into
    3: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
       "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated
       the children in the school" [syn: {immunize}, {immunise},
       {inoculate}, {vaccinate}]
    4: insert a bud for propagation
    5: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to
       render immune
    

Inoculate \In*oc"u*late\, v. i.
   1. To graft by inserting buds.
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   2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
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Inoculate \In*oc"u*late\, 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.
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   2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
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   3. (Med.) To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting
      infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a
      means of inducing immunological resistance to that or
      related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus
      of smallpox, rabies, etc. See {Vaccinate}.
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   4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of
      harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate
      one with treason or infidelity.
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   5. (Microbiology) To introduce microorganisms into (a growth
      medium), to cause the growth and multiplication of the
      microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with
      an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin.
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "inoculate":
      admit, animate, beat into, brainwash, catechize, condition,
      ease in, embue, enliven, enter, exhilarate, fire, imbue, immunize,
      implant, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infect,
      infix, inform, infuse, ingrain, inject, insert, insinuate, inspire,
      inspirit, instill, interject, introduce, intromit, invest, leaven,
      perfuse, pop in, program, put in, set in, shoot, slip in, spirit,
      spirit up, steep, stick in, suffuse, throw in, tuck in, vaccinate,
      whip in