vaccinate

Etymology

From vaccine + -ate.

verb

  1. (transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
    You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle! 1933, Groucho Marx, Duck Soup (movie)
    Within weeks, Britain had vaccinated more people than France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined, a stunning achievement. February 24 2021, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Vaccines and railways”, in RAIL, number 925, page 3

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