"variolate" meaning in English

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      "form": "more variolate",
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        "Having the appearance of smallpox"
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  "etymology_text": "From variole + -ate (verb-forming suffix).",
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    {
      "form": "variolates",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "variolating",
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        "To infect with smallpox."
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        "(transitive) To infect with smallpox."
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        {
          "word": "vacciolate"
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