im·mu·nize
 immunize
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- pronunciation:
- Im
y
naIz
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
immunizes, immunizing, immunized |
| definition: |
to make immune.
A nurse gave the students vaccines to immunize them against measles. |
| derivations: |
immunization (n.), immunizer (n.) |
The word immunize
contains the following part:
-ize, -ise
Greek
verb-forming suffix
that means
to turn into or cause to be
More about this word part:
The suffix -ize
, -ise
forms transitive verbs from adjectives (civilize
) and nouns (crystallize
). The oldest English verbs ending in -ize
were loanwords from Greek (baptize
, catechize).
Example words: