medicate

[ med-i-keyt ]

/ ˈmɛd ɪˌkeɪt /

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verb (used with object), med·i·cat·ed, med·i·cat·ing.

to treat with medicine or medicaments.

to impregnate with a medicine: medicated cough drops; a medicated bandage.

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Origin of medicate

1615–25; <Latin medicātus medicated (past participle of medicāre), healed (past participle of medicārī). See medical, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM medicate

de·med·i·cate, verb (used with object), de·med·i·cat·ed, de·med·i·cat·ing.o·ver·med·i·cate, verb (used with object), o·ver·med·i·cat·ed, o·ver·med·i·cat·ing.pre·med·i·cate, verb (used with object), pre·med·i·cat·ed, pre·med·i·cat·ing.un·med·i·cat·ed, adjective

Words nearby medicate

medical marijuana, medical marker, medical tourism, medicament, Medicare, medicate, medicated, medication, medicative, Medicean, Medici

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How to use medicate in a sentence

There are numerous reports of people being hospitalized because they self-medicated with ivermectin intended for livestock.
False meme: Nobel laureate did not say ivermectin ‘cures’ covid-19|Glenn Kessler|September 8, 2021|Washington Post
I think that played a big part for him in self-medicating, trying to numb out the pain.
'Don't Give Up Hope.' A Mother On The Pain of Losing Her Son To Opioids and Learning To Find Her Voice|Paul Moakley|May 7, 2021|Time
I was afraid I was going to be hospitalized, or medicated against my will, which had happened to my mother many times.
I Avoided Facing My Mental Illness for Decades. The Pandemic Changed That|Jaquira Díaz|March 3, 2021|Time
He had also been self-medicating with different strains of marijuana.
Man apparently experiencing paranoia is accused of killing his mother|Dan Morse|January 5, 2021|Washington Post

Stamets’s eureka moment happened when he remembered something that he had seen decades earlier—bees appearing to medicate themselves using fungi.
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees - Issue 90: Something Green|Merlin Sheldrake|September 23, 2020|Nautilus
She freely admits that she was using both to self-medicate after she lost her insurance.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences|Emily Shire|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whenever soldiers come home, big pharma finds new ways to medicate them.
Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director|Marlow Stern|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A psychologist cannot write prescriptions and therefore could not try to medicate my problems away.
I Was Adam Lanza, Part 3|David Frum|December 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Rider said many combat veterans self-medicate their post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries with alcohol.
Pendleton Marines’ Car Crash Raises Questions of Alcohol Abuse in Military|Jamie Reno|June 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Parents don't medicate kids because they are lazy parents and think the pills will rein in unruly kids.
Dr. Harold Koplewicz: a New Poll That Trivializes ADHD Is Nonsense|Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz|May 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And if you were physicians, you must not cram them, or medicate them to their hurt.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
When it is desired to medicate by putting fluids into the bowel we adopt the colon infusion.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.)|Grant Hague
Mabruk Saleem I left in charge of a native doctor, who was to medicate him for a gift of cloth which I gave him in advance.
How I Found Livingstone|Henry M. Stanley
On the Continent a variety of substances are employed to medicate baths, which are seldom or never so used in this country.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for medicate

medicate

/ (ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt) /

verb (tr)

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

to treat (a patient) with a medicine

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

Derived forms of medicate

medicative, adjective

Word Origin for medicate

C17: from Latin medicāre to heal

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