[syn: inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inseminate \In*sem"i*nate\, v. t. [L. inseminatus, p. p. of
inseminare to sow. See Seminate.]
1. To sow seed into. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. To sow seed into; to impregnate.
[1913 Webster]
3. To implant in, as if sowing seed; as, to inseminate one's
children with one's own prejudices; -- used mostly of
ideas or attitudes..
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inseminate
v 1: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with
sunflower seeds" [syn: inseminate, sow, sow in]
2: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: inseminate,
fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "inseminate":
bed, broadcast, cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate,
cross-pollinize, dibble, disseminate, drill, fecundify, fertilize,
forest, fructify, get with child, get with young, implant,
impregnate, inculcate, infix, instill, plant, pollen, pollinate,
pollinize, pot, put in, reforest, reset, retimber, scatter seed,
seed, seed down, seminate, set, sow, sow broadcast, spermatize,
transplant