In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VACCINATING
inoculating, vaccinating
(noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; “doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
vaccinating
present participle of vaccinate
Source: Wiktionary
VACCINATE
Vac"ci*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaccinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaccinating.] Etym: [See Vaccine.]
Definition: To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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