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implant, inculcate, instill, inseminate, infix mean to introduce into the mind.
implant implies teaching that makes for permanence of what is taught.
implanted a love of reading in her students
inculcate implies persistent or repeated efforts to impress on the mind.
tried to inculcate in him high moral standards
instill stresses gradual, gentle imparting of knowledge over a long period of time.
instill traditional values in your children
inseminate applies to a sowing of ideas in many minds so that they spread through a class or nation.
inseminated an unquestioning faith in technology
infix stresses firmly inculcating a habit of thought.
infixed a chronic cynicism
Examples of inseminate in a Sentence
She was artificially inseminated in January.
the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations
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The dairy business model depends on artificially inseminating cows and separating them from their calves at birth so humans can take their milk.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
In the early 2000s, zoos in the U.S. developed a technique to artificially inseminate pandas instead.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
Steeped in evolution, natural selection has favored males who inseminate the most females – and females who leave reproductive offspring of their own.
—Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024
The bill would prohibit doctors from using their own sperm to inseminate a patient without their consent and expose those who do to civil suit.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Inseminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inseminate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
inseminate
verb
in·sem·i·nate
in-ˈsem-ə-ˌnāt
inseminated; inseminating
: to introduce semen into the genital tract of (a female)
Medical Definition
inseminate
transitive verb
in·sem·i·nate
in-ˈsem-ə-ˌnāt
inseminated; inseminating
: to introduce semen into the genital tract of (a female)
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