Inoculate

·vi To graft by inserting buds.

II. Inoculate ·vi To communicate disease by inoculation.

III. Inoculate ·vt To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.

IV. Inoculate ·vt To Bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

V. Inoculate ·vt Fig.: To introduce into the mind;

— used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to Imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.

VI. Inoculate ·vt 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.