- (v.t.) To bud; to insert or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.i.) To graft by inserting buds.
- (v.t.) To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
- (v.t.) Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
- (v.i.) To communicate disease by inoculation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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