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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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 \In*oc"u*late\, v. i.
1. To graft by inserting buds.
2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inoculate
v 1: introduce a micro-organism into [syn: {innoculate}]
2: produce immunity in by inoculation [syn: {immunize}, {innoculate},
{vaccinate}]
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