Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [See {Vaccine}.]
To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called
vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
vaccinating
n : the act of protecting against disease by introducing a
vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors
examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating"
[syn: {inoculating}]