vaccinate

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If parents do not want to vaccinate, then they cannot get free schooling.

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  1. transitive verb To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease, such as diphtheria or typhus.
  2. intransitive verb To perform vaccinations or a vaccination.

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  • While it sounds like you're doing a good thing for your dog when you vaccinate, there's some concern about the potential health effects of dog vaccines. —  All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
  • Parents who do not vaccinate, and the child dies then the parent should be prosecuted for child abuse. —  A Whole Lotta Nothing
  • Vote and vaccinate is another in a series of attempts to push unnecessary and, in many cases, dangerous vaccines on an unwitting American public. huge protests carried out in New Jersey by concerned parents over a new mandatory —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Flu season does not usually start until November, but the time to vaccinate is the month before it hits. —  azcentral.com | news
  • For some parents, to vaccinate or not is a difficult decision. —  chicagotribune.com -
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  1. from vaccine + -ate. Cf. French vacciner = Spanish vacunar = Portuguese vaccinar = Italian vaccinare, vaccinate.
 

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/ˈvæksɪneɪt/
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