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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-nok-yuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnɒk yəˌleɪt


Définition of inoculate

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "implant a bud into a plant," from Latin inoculatus, past participle of inoculare "graft in, implant," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + oculus "bud," originally "eye" (see eye (n.)). Meaning "implant germs of a disease to produce immunity" first recorded (in inoculation) 1714, originally in reference to smallpox. After 1799, often used in sense of "to vaccine inoculate." Related: Inoculated; inoculating.
  • verb immunize
Example sentences :
  • Can we not inoculate them with smallpox, or set bloodhounds to track them?
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • We inoculate in him a bad spirit whose effects then turn against us.
  • Extract from : « The Simple Life » by Charles Wagner
  • But it was decided to divide them into two equal groups, and inoculate one group.
  • Extract from : « Experiments on Animals » by Stephen Paget
  • It costs considerable, but a little of it will inoculate a large area.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Almanak » by Anonymous
  • Formerly it was the custom to inoculate with small-pox to preserve from small-pox.
  • Extract from : « Louis Pasteur » by Ren Vallery-Radot
  • It is used most frequently to inoculate all forms of solid media.
  • Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey
  • They must inoculate themselves with the virus of slow death!
  • Extract from : « The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World » by Robert O. Harland
  • How shall we inoculate them against common errors in English?
  • Extract from : « Beginner's Book in Language » by H. Jeschke
  • The dust arising may inoculate some person prone to consumption.
  • Extract from : « Health, Happiness, and Longevity » by Louis Philippe McCarty
  • They had tried to inoculate him with a love of poetry at school, but it had not taken.
  • Extract from : « The Man Upstairs » by P. G. Wodehouse

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