immunifyv.
/ᵻˈmjuːnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ᵻˈmjunəˌfaɪ/ Medicine. rare (now disused).
transitive. = immunize v. 1a. Also figurative.
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immunize1889
immunify1892
1892 Lancet 24 Sept. 728/2 To ascertain if the solid substance separated from the serum possessed immunifying (immunizzanti) virtues, direct inoculation of the rabid virus was practised on the sciatic nerve of rabbits.
1893 J. T. Whittaker in W. Pepper Text-bk. Theory & Pract. Med. I. 497 Rabbits can be thoroughly immunified with this material.
1895 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 16 127 The student of classical Greek will come back to his special studies in Attic ‘immunified’ against post-classic microbes.
1905 Trans. Epidemiol. Soc. 1904–5 24 24 Fowls immunified therewith yield a protective serum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- make regard of
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