Vaccinate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [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 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vaccinate
       v : perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
           "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse
           vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: {immunize},
           {immunise}, {inoculate}]