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anaesthetise en · VERB

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize.
   alt of anesthetize
   • But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends. 2007, Linda Davies, Into the Fire, Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd, page 84:
   • The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus. 1905, William Gilman Thompson, Practical dietetics: With Special Reference to Diet in Diseases, page 524:

Forms

Deriveds

reanaesthetised · overanaesthetise · preanaesthetised · unanaesthetised