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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