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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. law: grant immunity from prosecution;
[syn: immunize, immunise]

2. perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
- Example: "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"
- Example: "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
[syn: immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Immune \Im*mune"\, a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.]
   1. Exempt; protected. -- Im*mu"nize, v. t.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Med.) Protected from disease due to the action of the
      immune system, especially by having been inoculated
      against or previously exposed to a disease.
      [PJC]

   3. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the immune system or the
      components of the immune system.
      [PJC]

   4. Not responsive; as, immune to suggestion.
      [PJC]