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2 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inoculating n : the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity [syn: {vaccinating}]
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