vaccinate

From vaccine +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvæksɪneɪt/
• Hyphenation: vac‧ci‧nate

vaccinate (third-person singular simple present vaccinates, present participle vaccinating, simple past and past participle vaccinated)

1. (transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

   Synonyms: (archaic) vaccine, (slang) vax

   • 1933, Groucho Marx, Duck Soup (movie)

     You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!

   • 2021 February 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Vaccines and railways”, in RAIL, number 925, page 3:

     Within weeks, Britain had vaccinated more people than France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined, a stunning achievement.

• hypervaccinate
• vaccinator

• unvaccinated
• vaccinated
• vaccination
• vaccinationist
• vaccine

vaccinate

1. inflection of vaccinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

vaccinate f pl

1. feminine plural of vaccinato

• accentavi

vaccīnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of vaccīnātus