What does inoculate mean?
Definitions for inoculate
ɪˈnɒk yəˌleɪtin·oc·u·late
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Princeton's WordNet
inoculateverb
introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
"My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
inoculateverb
introduce a microorganism into
immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinateverb
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
"We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
inoculateverb
insert a bud for propagation
inoculateverb
impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
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Inoculateverb
(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.
Inoculateverb
(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.
Wiktionary
inoculateverb
To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
inoculateverb
To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
inoculateverb
To add one substance to another. To spike
The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
inoculateverb
To graft by inserting buds.
Etymology: From inoculate, from inoculatus, perfect passive participle of inoculo, from in + oculus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Inoculateverb
Etymology: inoculo, in and oculus, Latin.
Nor are the ways alike in all
How to ingraff, how to inoculate. Thomas May, Virg. Georg.Now is the season for the budding of the orange-tree: inoculate therefore at the commencement of this month. John Evelyn.
But various are the ways to change the state,
To plant, to bud, to graft, to inoculate. Dryden.Virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock, but we shall relish of it. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Thy stock is too much out of date,
For tender plants t' inoculate. John Cleveland.Where lilies, in a lovely brown,
Inoculate carnation. John Cleveland.
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inoculate
Inoculate generally refers to the act of introducing a substance, particularly a vaccine or serum, into a living organism with the purpose of stimulating its immune response, treating a disease, or protecting against certain diseases. It can also refer to the process of introducing microorganisms or bacteria into a culture medium, often used in research and diagnostic lab settings.
Webster Dictionary
Inoculateverb
to bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant
Inoculateverb
to insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree
Inoculateverb
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
Inoculateverb
fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity
Inoculateverb
to graft by inserting buds
Inoculateverb
to communicate disease by inoculation
Etymology: [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.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inoculate
in-ok′ū-lāt, v.t. to insert a bud for propagation: to engraft: to communicate disease by inserting matter in the skin.—v.i. to propagate by budding: to practise inoculation.—adj. Inoc′ulable.—n. Inoculā′tion, act or practice of inoculating: insertion of the buds of one plant into another: the communication of disease to a healthy subject by the introduction of a specific germ or animal poison into his system by puncture or otherwise.—adjs. Inoculā′tive, Inoculā′tory.—n. Inoc′ulator. [L. inoculāre, -ātum—in, into, oculus, an eye.]
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The numerical value of inoculate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of inoculate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of inoculate in a Sentence
That's not why I do these things. I'm not here to inoculate House Democrats into power.
What they're trying to do is funnel everybody into this casino ... and hopefully keep them there and hopefully inoculate them from bad news, (The goal is to) make it harder to get voters out of their ecosystem so that they can save them for November.
The recent wage hikes -- from McDonald's to Bank of America -- were not necessarily because these companies have suddenly gone soft, it's because they need to retain labor and inoculate themselves from criticism from the populist left.
The panel advised to offer the drug to people over 18, as Europe had recommended, but advised caution over the decision to inoculate those over 65, since no sufficient data has yet been collected.
Despite official claims that the vaccines are safe and effective, it may not be a wise decision to inoculate so many people on such a large scale before systematic data from Phase 3 clinical trials become available.
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