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variolating

variolating is the present participle and gerund of variolate.

Meaning of variolate

Verb

variolate (third-person singular simple present variolates, present participle variolating, simple past and past participle variolated)

  1. (transitive) To infect with smallpox.
    • Lady Montagu encouraged the Princess of Wales to variolate her two daughters. To assure herself of the safety of the procedure, the Princess first forced disenfranchised subjects -- several prisoners and an orphan -- to be variolated.1999 April 18, Jerome Groopman, “Best Medical Insight; Pox Britannica”, in The New York Times Magazine

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Questions about variolating

What is variolating the present participle and gerund of?
Variolating is the present participle and gerund of variolate.

Words near variolating in the dictionary

  1. variolaric acid
  2. variolas
  3. variolate
  4. variolated
  5. variolates
  6. variolating
  7. variolation
  8. variolations
  9. variolator
  10. variolators
  11. variole

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