inoculate

verb

1. 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. 2

   (by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

3. 3

   To add one substance to another; to spike.

   “The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.”

4. 4

   To graft by inserting buds.

   “to inoculate a tree”

5. 5

   To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue; to implant.

   “to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity”