- to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- to affect or treat (a person, animal, or plant) in this manner.
- to introduce (microorganisms) into surroundings suited to their growth, as a culture medium.
- to imbue (a person), as with ideas.
- to treat (molten metal) chemically to strengthen the microstructure.
- to perform inoculation.
- to introduce (the causative agent of a disease) into the body of (a person or animal), in order to induce immunity
- to introduce (microorganisms, esp bacteria) into (a culture medium)
- to cause to be influenced or imbued, as with ideas or opinions
