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inoculate
English
Alternative forms
- innoculate
Etymology
From Middle English inoculate, from Latin inocul?tus, perfect passive participle of inocul? (“ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”), from in (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n?kjule?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n??kjule?t/
- (General Australian)
Verb
inoculate (third-person singular simple present inoculates, present participle inoculating, simple past and past participle inoculated)
- (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]
- (transitive, by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To add one substance to another.
- Synonym: spike
- To graft by inserting buds. [from c. 1420]
- (figuratively) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles). [from a. 1600]
- Synonyms: imbue, implant
Related terms
Translations
See also
- immunize / immunise
- vaccinate
Further reading
- inoculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- inoculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- lotucaine
Italian
Verb
inoculate
- second-person plural present indicative of inoculare
- second-person plural imperative of inoculare
- feminine plural of inoculato
Anagrams
- cautelino
Latin
Verb
inocul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of inocul?
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inosculate
English
Etymology
From in- +? osculate, from Latin ?scul?tus (“kiss”), from ?s + -culus (“little mouth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?s.kj??le?t/
Verb
inosculate (third-person singular simple present inosculates, present participle inosculating, simple past and past participle inosculated)
- (transitive) To homogenize; to make continuous.
- Synonyms: blend; see also Thesaurus:homogenize
- (intransitive) To open into.
- (transitive) To unite.
- Synonyms: affix, attach, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join
- (intransitive) To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
Adjective
inosculate (comparative more inosculate, superlative most inosculate)
- Pertaining to or characterized by inosculation.
Related terms
- inosculation
See also
- interosculate
Anagrams
- inoculates, notaulices
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