medicate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛdɪkeɪt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin medicō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English medicate From Latin medicō (“heal, cure”) + English -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
- (transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to.
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(of a substance, transitive) To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on.
I would just buy Claritin, or its generic equivalent Loratadine. It's non-drowsy, it's cheap, and it works. Yes, it medicates your whole system, but I don't know of any significant ill effects from that.
2008 March 18, Logan Shaw, “Antihistamine nasal spray over the counter?”, in misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet):I started to think of food as my friend instead of my foe. It medicates my body. Every bite of food I intake I think of how it is going to make me stronger and help all my organs function.
1998 September 7, Aimee Harms, “Change of heart”, in alt.support.eating-disord (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| medicating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| medicates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| medicated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| medicated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonmedicated · medicative · overmedicate · polymedicate · unmedicated · self-medicate · automedicate · premedicate · premedicated · undermedicated
Relateds
Translations (17)
bg лекувам с лекарство (administer medication) · tr ilaç yazmak (administer medication) · sv medicinera (administer medication) · de medizieren (administer medication) · nl medicineren (administer medication) · io medikamentizar (administer medication) · fi lääkitä (administer medication) · tr ilaç vermek (administer medication) · pt medicar (administer medication) · de medizinisch behandeln (administer medication) · es medicar (administer medication) · gl medicar (administer medication) · de verschreiben (administer medication) · la medico (administer medication) · ota علاجلامق (administer medication) · lij mêgâ (administer medication) · es medicinar (administer medication)