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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSEM'INATE, v.t. [L. insemino.] To sow. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" [syn: inseminate, sow, sow in]
2: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin inseminatus, past participle of inseminare, from in- + semin-, semen seed — more at semen Date: circa 1623 1. sow 2. to introduce semen into the genital tract of (a female) Synonyms: see implant • insemination noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 introduce semen into (a female) by natural or artificial means. 2 sow (seed etc.). Derivatives: insemination n. inseminator n. Etymology: L inseminare (as IN-(2), SEMEN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inseminate In*sem"i*nate, v. t. [L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See Seminate.] To sow; to impregnate. [Obs.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inseminates, inseminating, inseminated) To inseminate a woman or female animal means to put a male's sperm into her in order to make her pregnant. The gadget is used to artificially inseminate cows. VERB: V n • insemination The sperm sample is checked under the microscope before insemination is carried out. see also artificial insemination

Moby Thesaurus

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