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Definition of: inoculate
(in·ok′yə·lāt) v.t. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
1. To communicate a disease to (a person or animal) by inoculation.
2. To inject an immunizing serum into.
3. To implant ideas, opinions, etc., in the mind of.
4. Bot. To insert a bud in, as a tree, for propagation. [<L inoculatus, pp. of inoculare engraft an eye or bud <in- in + oculus bud, eye]
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