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NARCOTIZE
narcotize, narcotise
(verb) administer narcotics to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
narcotize (third-person singular simple present narcotizes, present participle narcotizing, simple past and past participle narcotized)
(transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.). [from 19th c.]
(transitive) To make into a narcotic. [from 19th c.]
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Nar"co*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narcotized; p. pr. & vb. n. Narcotizing.]
Definition: To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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