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WIKTIONARY
inoculate
Verb
∙
To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from
a
. 1722]
transitive, immunology
∙
To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
transitive, by extension
∙
To add one substance to another; to spike.
∙
To graft by inserting buds. [from
c
. 1420]
∙
To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue. [from
a
. 1600]
figuratively