inoculate
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To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
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.
Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
To graft by inserting buds.
To communicate disease by inoculation.
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We vaccinate against scarlet fever
The nurse vaccinated the children in the school
My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
He's floated unverified and harmful treatments, including suggesting Americans could inoculate themselves by injecting bleach.
The illusion that the clean alpine air would somehow inoculate people from a global pandemic would not dissipate until 2.15pm on Friday, when Mallender received a call from his hotel: “That’s when the bad disaster movie started.”
Recently, the potential for mosquito saliva to affect the course of WNV disease was demonstrated. citation citation citation Mosquitoes inoculate their saliva into the skin while obtaining blood.