vacciolate
vacciolate verb: to innoculate with cowpox (the vacciolous virus) in order to produce immunity to smallpox.
Verb
vacciolate (third-person singular simple present vacciolates, present participle vacciolating, simple past and past participle vacciolated)
- To innoculate with cowpox (the vacciolous virus) in order to produce immunity to smallpox.
- Where I now vacciolate tens, I could easily do the same for hundreds.1802, published in 1831, Dr. John Walker, in a letter of the 29th of december to the Jenerian Society quoted from The Life of John Walker (by John Epps), volume IV. 77
- As the objects of attention had both been vacciolated at the Small-Pox Hospital, a correct copy of the particulars respecting their inoculation was obtained from the register of that Institution, and is given in the Report.1804 December, M. Wigham, “Medical and Physical Intelligence”, in The London Medical and Physical Journal, volume 12, number 70, page 573
Forms of vacciolate
| third-person singular present | vacciolates |
|---|---|
| present participle | vacciolating |
| past participle | vacciolated |
| past | vacciolated |
Origin of vacciolate
Coined in 1802 by Dr. John Walker, from vacciolous + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words formed from vacciolate
Questions about vacciolate
- What does vacciolate mean?
- Vacciolate means to innoculate with cowpox (the vacciolous virus) in order to produce immunity to smallpox.
- What part of speech is vacciolate?
- Vacciolate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of vacciolate?
- The past tense of vacciolate is vacciolated.
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