vi to graft by inserting buds.
2. inoculate ·vi to communicate disease by inoculation.
3. inoculate ·vt to insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
4. inoculate ·vt to bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
5. inoculate ·vt fig.: to introduce into the mind;
used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
6. inoculate ·vt 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.