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Word: Inoculate
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (in the sense ‘graft a bud or shoot into a different plant’): from Latin inoculat- ‘engrafted’, from the verb inoculare, from in- ‘into’ + oculus ‘eye, bud’. The sense ‘vaccinate’ dates from the early 18th century
ɪˈnɒkjʊleɪt
immunize (someone) against a disease by introducing infective material, microorganisms, or vaccine into the body
Short Definition:immunize against disease
Examples:- most of the troops had been inoculated against anthrax
- the country will have enough vaccine stockpiled to inoculate the entire population
- students are inoculated against the notion that history can be turned in its course by individuals
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