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View synonyms for medicate

medicate

[ med-i-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, med·i·cat·ed, med·i·cat·ing.
  1. to treat with medicine or medicaments.
  2. to impregnate with a medicine:

    medicated cough drops; a medicated bandage.

medicate

/ ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt /

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)

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Derived Forms

  • ˈmedicative, adjective

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Other Words From

  • de·medi·cate verb (used with object) demedicated demedicating
  • over·medi·cate verb (used with object) overmedicated overmedicating
  • pre·medi·cate verb (used with object) premedicated premedicating
  • un·medi·cated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of medicate1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin medicātus “healed,” past participle of medicāre, medicārī “to heal,” from medicus “physician”; medical

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Word History and Origins

Origin of medicate1

C17: from Latin medicāre to heal

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