inoculate

inoculate

verb

Definition of INOCULATE

to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle <inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world>

Synonyms endue (or indue), imbue, inculcate, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse

Related Words animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, leaven; implant, instill, plant; impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate; deluge, drown, fill, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge

Near Antonyms deprive, divest, strip; clear, empty; eliminate, remove, take away