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Verb: vaccinate  'vaksu`neyt
  1. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
    "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
    - immunize, immunise [Brit], inoculate

Derived forms: vaccinates, vaccinated, vaccinating

See also: vaccinating, vaccination, vaccinator, vaccine

Type of: inject, shoot

Encyclopedia: Vaccinate