— insemination , n.
/in sem"euh nayt'/ , v.t., inseminated, inseminating .
1. to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
2. to sow; implant seed into.
3. to sow as seed in something; implant: to inseminate youth with new ideas.
[ 1615-25; inseminatus ptp. of inseminare to implant, impregnate, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + seminatus (equiv. to semina ( re ) to sow, deriv. of semen seed (cf. SEMEN) + -tus ptp. suffix) ]