variolate

Etymology

From variola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

adj

  1. Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.

verb

  1. To infect with smallpox.“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.”