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Definition of "inseminate" [in•sem•i•nate]

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "inseminate" in a sentence
  • "You CAN NOT artificially inseminate a non receptive animal."
  • "I know many ranchers who purchase semen that is used to inseminate wild does."
  • "To valet a car and say you've parked it is to have a fertility clinic artificially inseminate your wife and then claim you knocked her up."