inseminate
pronunciation
How to pronounce inseminate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsemɪneɪt]
How to pronounce inseminate in American English:
US [ɪnˈsɛməˌnet]
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- Verb:
- place seeds in or on (the ground)
- introduce semen into (a female)
Word Origin
- inseminate (v.)
- 1620s, "to cast as seed," from Latin inseminatus, past participle of inseminare "to sow, implant," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + semen (genitive semenis) "seed." Meaning "to impregnate with semen" is attested from 1923. Related: Inseminated; inseminating.
Example
- 1. You can always artificially inseminate if travel is a problem .
- 2. Inseminate the minds of the young with revolutionary ideas .
- 3. Females , in other words , would rather choose which males inseminate them .
- 4. Farmers use bull semen to inseminate cows .
- 5. The only use for males is to inseminate the queen ; afterwards they are either driven out of the nest or killed .