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inoculated

verb

Meaning

  1. To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
  2. (by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
  3. To add one substance to another; to spike.
  4. To graft by inserting buds.
  5. To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue; to implant.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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