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narcotize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɑːkə.tʌɪz/ (UK)
  • /ˈnɑɹ.kəˌtaɪz/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English narcot(ic) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English narcotize From narcot(ic) + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug.
  2. (transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.).
  3. (transitive) To make into a narcotic.
    • The sun hangs overhead like a lantern, the essence of new grass and apple blossom narcotizes the air, the clack and whir of the wheels have a quelling, hypnotic effect on the passengers. 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 235:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
narcotizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
narcotized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
narcotized Tense=Past lexicographic
narcotizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

narcotization · denarcotize

Translations (21)

pl znarkotyzować (to make into a narcotic) · pl narkotyzować (to make into a narcotic) · pl narkotyzować (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · pl narkotyzować (to dull the senses of) · fi huumata (to dull the senses of) · ca narcotitzar (to dull the senses of) · ca narcotitzar (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · pl znarkotyzować (to dull the senses of) · fi valmistaa huumetta (to make into a narcotic) · fi huumata (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · hu elbódít (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · hu érzéstelenít (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · ro narcotiza (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · fi nukuttaa (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · hu narkotizál (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · fi tainnuttaa (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · hu elkábít (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · fr narcotiser (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · pl znarkotyzować (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · io narkotigar (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in) · hu elaltat (to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in)