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medicate

[med-i-keyt]

verb (used with object)

medicated, medicating 
  1. to treat with medicine or medicaments.

  2. to impregnate with a medicine.

    medicated cough drops; a medicated bandage.



medicate

/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to cover or impregnate (a wound, etc) with an ointment, cream, etc

  2. to treat (a patient) with a medicine

  3. to add a medication to (a bandage, shampoo, etc)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • demedicate verb (used with object)
  • overmedicate verb (used with object)
  • premedicate verb (used with object)
  • unmedicated adjective
  • ˈ徱پ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medicate1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin 徱ٳܲ “healed,” past participle of 徱, medicārī “to heal,” from medicus ‼”; medical
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medicate1

C17: from Latin to heal
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"It's also another set of ears in the meeting, because the patient might be strongly medicated or find it too difficult to open up in front of a panel."

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we do know is he was heavily medicated.

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And then in the third act is filming in front of an all-white background where the club disappears and reappears as I talk about the experience of being medicated.

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But even after that, she was in and out of hospital for a year before finally being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and medicated correctly.

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I know the producers have said that this is not for shock value, and I believe them, but holy moly, someone better make sure Victoria is appropriately medicated by then.

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