inoculate

inoculate someone against something

to immunize someone against a disease. We need to inoculate all the children against whooping cough. Have you been inoculated against measles?

inoculate someone with something

to use a particular substance in immunizing someone against a disease. Donna inoculated Richard and Nancy with yellow fever vaccine for their trip. She also inoculated Sam with something to prevent malaria.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ennio	EN-nyo	Italian
Antigonus	an-TIG-ə-nəs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Bahram	-	Persian, Persian Mythology
Ans	AHNS	Dutch
Garth	GAHRTH	English
Sem	SEM (Dutch)	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Dutch