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From French immuniser, equivalent to immune +‎ -ize.

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immunize (third-person singular simple present immunizes, present participle immunizing, simple past and past participle immunized)

  1. (transitive) To make someone or something immune to something.
    • 2012, Chief Justice John Roberts, 132 US Supreme Court 2677, June 29
      It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast – be it word or image – cannot immunize it from FCC censure.
  2. (transitive) To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.
    Synonyms: inoculate, vaccinate, (archaic) vaccine

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