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inoculateinoculate /ɪˈnɑkyəˌleɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYinoculateOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of inoculare to attach a bud to a plant VERB TABLEinoculate |
Present | I, you, we, they | inoculate | | he, she, it | inoculates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | inoculated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have inoculated | | he, she, it | has inoculated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had inoculated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will inoculate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have inoculated |
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Present | I | am inoculating | | he, she, it | is inoculating | | you, we, they | are inoculating | Past | I, he, she, it | was inoculating | | you, we, they | were inoculating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inoculating | | he, she, it | has been inoculating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inoculating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inoculating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inoculating |
medicine to protect someone against a disease, usually by injecting him or her with a weak form of it → immunize, vaccinate: inoculate somebody against something None of the children had been inoculated against measles. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin, past participle of inoculare to attach a bud to a plant]—inoculation /ɪˌnɑkyəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] → see also immunize, vaccinate |