Inoculate Definition & Meaning
inoculate
- verb
- introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
- introduce a microorganism into
- perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
- insert a bud for propagation
- impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
Words that rhyme with inoculate
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