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.
3. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; — used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
INOCULATE
In*oc"u*late, v. i.
1. To graft by inserting buds.
2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
INOCULATION
In*oc"u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.]
1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.