immunize

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Word parts[change]

immune + -ize

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Verb[change]

Plain form
immunize

Third-person singular
immunizes

Past tense
immunized

Past participle
immunized

Present participle
immunizing

  1. To immunize is to give a person a vaccine to protect him/her against an illness.
    These shots will immunize me against the flu.

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