Definitions for inoculate

inoculate in·oc·u·late

Spelling: [ih-nok-yuh-leyt]
IPA: /ɪˈnɒk yəˌleɪt/

Inoculate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 655 anagrams from letters in inoculate (aceilnotu).

Definitions for inoculate

verb (used with object)

  1. to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  2. to affect or treat (a person, animal, or plant) in this manner.
  3. to introduce (microorganisms) into surroundings suited to their growth, as a culture medium.
  4. to imbue (a person), as with ideas.
  5. Metallurgy. to treat (molten metal) chemically to strengthen the microstructure.

verb (used without object)

  1. to perform inoculation.

Origin of inoculate

1400-50; late Middle English Latin inoculātus past participle of inoculāre to graft by budding, implant, equivalent to in- in-2 + -oculā- (stem of -oculāre t

Examples for inoculate

But even before adults enter their senior years, children are not a surefire way to inoculate against loneliness.

Formerly it was the custom to inoculate with small-pox to preserve from small-pox.

First, the two sides understood that minimal advance assurances were needed to inoculate the meeting against a debacle.

It costs considerable, but a little of it will inoculate a large area.

We inoculate in him a bad spirit whose effects then turn against us.

Can we not inoculate them with smallpox, or set bloodhounds to track them?

The ensuing hysteria persuaded some parents not to inoculate their kids for fear of triggering autism.

A deeply-held belief in moral integrity does not inoculate one from mistakes, weakness and failure.

The commander of the Continental Army realized that if he did not inoculate his army against smallpox, he might not have an army.

But it was decided to divide them into two equal groups, and inoculate one group.

Word Value for inoculate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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