in|oc|u|late

in|oc|u|late
in|oc|u|late «ih NOK yuh layt», verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing.
–v.t.
1. to give (to a person or animal) a preparation made from killed or weakened germs or viruses that causes a mild form of the disease. Thereafter the individual will not get that disease or will suffer only a very mild form of it. The preparation stimulates the body to produce antibodies to combat a germ, virus, or toxin. »

You can take your child to the doctor to be inoculated against polio (New York Herald Tribune).

2. to put bacteria, serums, or other agents, into. Farmers inoculate the soil with bacteria that will take nitrogen from the air and change it so it can be used by plants.
3. to introduce (microorganisms) into surroundings suited to their growth.
4. Figurative. to fill (a person's mind) with ideas, opinions, feelings, or habits: »

His parents inoculated him with a desire for knowledge.

SYNONYM(S): imbue.
5. Obsolete. to graft by budding.
–v.i.
to use disease germs or a virus to prevent or cure diseases, usually by building up an immunity. Doctors inoculate against smallpox, diphtheria, typhoid fever, and other diseases.
╂[< Latin inoculāre (with English -ate1) engraft < in- in + oculus bud, eye]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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