inoculate

(in-ok’v-lat), v. #3; pret. and pp. inocu- lated, ppr. inoculating. [ ee ee inoculate Virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1, 119. Hence— 2. To introduce a foreign germ or element into; specifically, to impregnate with disease by the insertion of virus; treat by inoculation for the purpose of protecting from a more malignant form of the disease: as, to inoculate a person for the smallpox: often used figuratively. inoculation (in-ok-@-la’shon),». [