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Definition of Inseminate
1. Verb. Place seeds in or on (the ground). "They Inseminate the field with rye"; "Sow the ground with sunflower seeds"
Category relationships: Agriculture, Farming, Husbandry
Generic synonyms: Seed, Sow
Related verbs: Seed, Sow
Derivative terms: Insemination, Sower
2. Verb. Introduce semen into (a female).
Specialized synonyms: Stratify, Bang Up, Impregnate, Knock Up, Prang Up, Impregnate, Cross-fertilise, Cross-fertilize, Cross-pollinate, Pollenate, Pollinate
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Fecundation, Fertilization, Insemination, Semen
Definition of Inseminate
1. v. t. To sow; to impregnate.
Definition of Inseminate
1. Verb. To sow (to disperse or plant seeds). ¹
2. Verb. To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inseminate
1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inseminate
Literary usage of Inseminate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Public Archives of Canada (1893)
"... Body to support the Interests of Government through the Province and to
inseminate Principles of Loyalty amongst the Canadians in opposition to tha; ..."
2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Other record-breaking tubes have been used to Inoculate flics for medical research
and to inseminate queen bees. The firm would no doubt be pleased to ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"In the one the ability to inseminate is lost ; in the other the capability of
being inseminated ; but in both the sexual feelings remain pretty much the ..."
4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1914)
"The sperm swallowed by the female inseminate the eggs in the body cavity,
oviposition following immediately. In 1911 gravid females before and after ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Ta Inseminate, (in-sem'-e-nate) ». a. To sow. INSEMINATION, (in-sem-e-na'-shun)
n.«. The act of scattering seed on ground. INSENSATE, (in-seu'-sate) a. ..."
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