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Definition of: vaccinate
(vak′sə·nāt) v. ·nat·ed, ·nat·ing Med. v.t.
To inoculate with a vaccine as a preventive or therapeutic measure; especially, to inoculate against smallpox.
—v.i. To perform the act of vaccination. [<VACCIN(E) + -ATE2]
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