Word Meanings - INOCULATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To communicate a disease to by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate. 4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas

Additional info about word: INOCULATE

To communicate a disease to by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate. 4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity. (more info) pref. in- in,on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, 1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant. 2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INOCULATE)

• Affiliate
• Annex
• graft
• incorporate
• unite
• adopt
• inoculate
• Convince
• Persuade
• enlighten
• indoctrinate
• Imbue
• Tinge
• dye
• stain
• impregnate
• ingrain
• affect
• infect
• Infiltrate
• Instil
• permeate
• saturate
• soak

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INOCULATE)

• Purify
• wash
• cleanse
• absolve
• ornament
• decorate
• emblazon
• signalize
• honor

Related words: (words related to INOCULATE)

• ANNEX
  to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson. 2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• INGRAIN
  1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. 2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. --
• INFECTIOUSLY
  In an infectious manner. Shak.
• GRAFTAGE
  The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.
• INFILTRATE
  To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. The water infiltrates through the porous rock. Addison.
• AFFECTION
  Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. 7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. 8. Affectation. "Spruce affection." Shak. 9. Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• AFFECTIBILITY
  The quality or state of being affectible.
• INFECTIVE
  Infectious. Beau. & Fl. True love . . . hath an infective power. Sir P. Sidney.
• INSTILLATOR
  An instiller.
• CONTINGENT
  Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. (more info) touch on all sides, to happen; con-
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• REINFECT
  To infect again.
• OVERAFFECT
  To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
• MISAFFECT
  To dislike.
• CLEFTGRAFT
  To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.
• DISINFECT
  To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.