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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