[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]