medicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce medicate in British English:
UK [ˈmedɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce medicate in American English:
US ['medɪkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- impregnate with a medicinal substance
- treat medicinally, treat with medicine
Word Origin
- medicate (v.)
- "to treat medicinally," 1620s, a back-formation from medication, or else from Late Latin medicatus, past participle of medicare. Related: Medicated; medicating. The earlier verb in English was simply medicin (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. Build a new god to medicate and to ape .
- 2. Are you allergic to any medicate ?
- 3. At the promises treatment centers , clinicians have observed a number of sex addicts who have relapsed with drugs or alcohol in order to medicate the shame they felt .
- 4. I try to medicate my concentration haze .
- 5. Alcohol is a crutch which we use to medicate ourselves .