medicate
verb (used with object)
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
is medicating
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present progressiveof medicate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When we meet, she has just missed a rehearsal for an upcoming performance at Philipp Plein’s runway show because of the encroaching sickness, and is medicating herself with Theraflu, NyQuil and rest.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2017
“The alternative to that is medicating him, and pushing him and pushing him, and pop goes the weasel — it’s all over,” McIngvale said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2016
