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| Main Entry: |
inoculate
 [ih-nok-yuh-leyt] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immunize |
| Synonyms: | inject, protect, vaccinate |
| Main Entry: | impregnate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, fill; make pregnant |
| Synonyms: | charge, conceive, drench, fecundate, fertilize, imbrue, implant, inoculate, inseminate, leaven, overflow, percolate, permeate, pervade, procreate, produce, reproduce, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, souse, steep, suffuse, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | deplete, take out |
| Main Entry: | infuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; soak |
| Synonyms: | animate, breathe into, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse |
Example Sentences
- Pasteur seized the opportunity to inoculate two rabbits with mucus taken from the palate of this child four hours after its death.
- The idea is to inoculate them, and stockpile vaccine to protect the rest of the population.
- The best way to inoculate against this particular virus is by teaching critical thought, logic and the scientific method.
| Main Entry: | inject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce into bloodstream by use of a needle |
| Synonyms: | give a shot, inoculate, jab, mainline, shoot, vaccinate |
| Main Entry: | instill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, introduce |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, catechize, diffuse, disseminate, engender, engraft, force in, imbue, impart, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infix, infuse, inject, inoculate, inseminate, insert, insinuate, inspire, interject, intermix, program, propagandize, put in head, suffuse, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | dislodge, halt, stop, uproot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nurse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, tend |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, attend, baby-sit, cherish, cradle, cultivate, encourage, father, feed, forward, foster, further, harbor, humor, immunize, indulge, inoculate, irradiate, keep alive, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, medicate, minister to, mother, nourish, nurture, pamper, preserve, promote, see to, serve, sit, succor, support, take care of, take charge of, treat, vaccinate, wait on, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | vaccinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a shot to treat or prevent disease |
| Synonyms: | immunize, inject, inoculate, mitigate, prevent, protect, treat, variolate |
| Main Entry: | immunize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform vaccination |
| Synonyms: | inoculate, protect, vaccinate |
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