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Vaccinate

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Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

vac=ci=nate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Vaccinate has 1 sense

vaccinate(v = verb.body) immunise, immunize, inoculate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"

is one way to inject, shoot

Derived forms noun vaccinating₁, noun vaccination₁, noun vaccination₂, noun vaccinator₁, noun vaccine₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Vaccinate, v. t. [See Vaccine.].

To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows; now, generally, to administer (by injection or otherwise) any vaccine with the objective of rendering the recipient immune to an infectious disease. One who has been thus immunized by vaccination is said to be vaccinated against a particular disease. One may be thus immunized (vaccinated) also by oral ingestion or inhalation of a vaccine. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Vaccinate, v.tr. inoculate with a vaccine to procure immunity from a disease; immunize.

Derivative

vaccination n. vaccinator n.

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