IMMUNIZE


Meaning of IMMUNIZE in English

ˈimyəˌnīz transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Usage: see -ize

Etymology: German immunisieren, from immun immune (from French) + -isieren -ize — more at immune

: to make immune

the best known examples … are in semiarid regions, a circumstance that has immunized the scarps from attack by vigorous consequent rivers — C.A.Cotton

especially : to cause to produce antibodies against an antigen or hapten

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