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- Dictionarymedicate/ˈmɛdɪkeɪt/
verb
- 1. administer a drug to (someone): "both infants were heavily medicated to alleviate their seizures"
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to treat someone with a medicine: Patients are usually medicated with tranquilizers before having anesthesia. (Definition of medicate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of medicate.
to treat someone with a medicine: Patients are usually medicated with tranquilizers before having anesthesia. (Definition of medicate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of medicate.
How to use medicate in a sentence. to treat (someone or something) with or as if with medicine; to impregnate with a medicinal substance… See the full definition
Medicate definition: to treat with medicine or medicaments.. See examples of MEDICATE used in a sentence.
to give somebody medicine, especially a drug that affects their behaviour. medicate somebody (with something) Resist the temptation to medicate your child with over-the-counter remedies. medicate somebody for something He is being medicated for high blood pressure.
1. (Medicine) to cover or impregnate (a wound, etc) with an ointment, cream, etc. 2. (Medicine) to treat (a patient) with a medicine. 3. (Medicine) to add a medication to (a bandage, shampoo, etc) [C17: from Latin medicāre to heal] ˈmedicative adj.
3 meanings: 1. to cover or impregnate (a wound, etc) with an ointment, cream, etc 2. to treat (a patient) with a medicine 3. to.... Click for more definitions.
To medicate is to treat an illness with some kind of medicine. You might not need to medicate your bad cold, but you'll most likely need to medicate your strep throat. A doctor will medicate diseases that are diagnosed and can be treated with medicine.
1. To treat disease by dispensing (i.e., prescribing) drugs. 2. To impregnate with medicinal substance. [L. medico, pp. - atus, to heal]
Definitions of 'medicate' 1. to cover or impregnate (a wound, etc) with an ointment, cream, etc. [...] 2. to treat (a patient) with a medicine. [...] 3. to add a medication to (a bandage, shampoo, etc) [...] More. Conjugations of 'medicate' present simple: I medicate, you medicate [...] past simple: I medicated, you medicated [...]
