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MEDICATE
medicate, medicine
(verb) treat medicinally, treat with medicine
medicate
(verb) impregnate with a medicinal substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
medicate (third-person singular simple present medicates, present participle medicating, simple past and past participle medicated)
(transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to.
Anagrams
• decimate, edematic
Source: Wiktionary
Med"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Medicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Medicating.] Etym: [L. medicatus, p. p. of medicare, medicari. See Medicable.]
1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. "Medicated waters." Arbuthnot.
2. To treat with medicine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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