inoculate

Verb
  1. Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of (synset 200834278)
    "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
    is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
  2. Introduce a microorganism into (synset 200188584)
    is a type of: enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in - place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
    subtypes: seed - inoculate with microorganisms
  3. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation (synset 200086587)
    "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
    referred to in: medicine, practice of medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
    is a type of: inject, shoot - give an injection to
    same as: immunise, immunize, vaccinate
  4. Insert a bud for propagation (synset 200055835)
    is a type of: propagate - cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
  5. Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune (synset 200053234)
    is a type of: impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow

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