inseminate

inseminate
/in sem"euh nayt'/, v.t., inseminated, inseminating.
1. to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
2. to sow; implant seed into.
3. to sow as seed in something; implant: to inseminate youth with new ideas.
[1615-25; < L inseminatus ptp. of inseminare to implant, impregnate, equiv. to in- IN-2 + seminatus (equiv. to semina(re) to sow, deriv. of semen seed (cf. SEMEN) + -tus ptp. suffix)]

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