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in⋅sem⋅i⋅nate

[in-sem-uh-neyt]

–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.

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.

Origin:
1615–25; < L insēminātus ptp. of insēmināre to implant, impregnate, equiv. to in- in- ² + sēminātus (equiv. to sēminā(re) to sow, deriv. of sēmen seed (cf. semen ) + -tus ptp. suffix)

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in·sem·i·nate (ĭn-sěm'ə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·sem·i·nat·ed, in·sem·i·nat·ing, in·sem·i·nates

To introduce or inject semen into the reproductive tract of (a female).
To sow seed in.

[Latin īnsēmināre, īnsēmināt-, to implant, impregnate : in-, in; see in-² + sēmināre, to plant (from sēmen, sēmin-, seed; see semen).]

in·sem'i·na'tion n., in·sem'i·na'tor n.

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inseminate (v.)

1623, "to cast as seed," from L. inseminatus, pp. of inseminare "to sow, implant," from in- "in" + semen (gen. semenis) "seed." Meaning "to impregnate with semen" is attested from 1923.