inseminate

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. place seeds in or on (the ground)“sow the ground with sunflower seeds”Synonyms: sowsow in
  2. introduce semen into (a female)Synonyms: fecundatefertilizefertilise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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