variolate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To infect with smallpox. transitive
    — Lady Montagu encouraged the Princess of Wales to variolate her two daughters. To assure herself of the safety of the procedure, the Princess first forced disenfranchised subjects -- several prisoners and an orphan -- to be variolated.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.

词形变化

more variolate comparative most variolate superlative variolates present,singular,third-person variolating participle,present variolated participle,past variolated past

词源

词源 1
From variola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
词源 2
From variole + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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