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nau⋅se⋅ate

  [naw-zee-eyt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to affect with nausea; sicken.
2. to cause to feel extreme disgust: His vicious behavior toward the dogs nauseates me.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become affected with nausea.
Origin:
1630–40; < L nauseātus (ptp. of nauseāre to be seasick). See nausea, -ate 1

Synonyms:
2. revolt.

Antonyms:
2. attract, delight.

Usage note:
See nauseous.
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nau·se·ate   (nô'zē-āt', -zhē-, -sē-, -shē-)   
intr. & tr.v.   nau·se·at·ed, nau·se·at·ing, nau·se·ates
  1. To feel or cause to feel nausea.
  2. To feel or cause to feel loathing or disgust. See Synonyms at disgust.

[Latin nauseāre, nauseāt-, from nausea, nausea; see nausea.]
nau'se·a'tion n.
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nauseated nau·se·at·ed (nô'zē-ā'tĭd, -zhē-, -sē-, -shē-)
adj.
Affected with nausea.

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