inseminate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=sem=i=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

inseminate, v. t. [L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See Seminate.].

•  To sow seed into.  [1913 Webster]
•  To sow seed into; to impregnate.  [1913 Webster]
•  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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inseminate, v.tr.
1 introduce semen into (a female) by natural or artificial means.
2 sow (seed etc.).

Derivative

insemination n. inseminator n.

Etymology

L inseminare (as IN-(2), SEMEN)

THESAURUS

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