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Inoculate

  1. verb

    introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of

    “My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs”

  2. verb

    introduce a microorganism into

  3. verb

    perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation

    “We vaccinate against scarlet fever”

    Similar: immunize, immunise, vaccinate

Word family

inoculated · inoculating

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