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medicate

verb

/ˈmedɪkeɪt/

Meaning

to treat with medicine; to give drugs to someone for medical purposes

The doctor will medicate the patient to reduce inflammation.

treat, dose, prescribe, administer

withhold, deny, refuse, neglect

medicate patient, properly medicate, heavily medicate, daily medicate

to confuse someone completely; to make someone unable to think clearly

to reduce speed; to slow down

to speak or write with great enthusiasm and admiration

To bring upon oneself something undesirable, usually as a result of actions.

to emit energy or light; to spread out from a center

to tear away or separate forcibly, especially in medical or geological contexts