overmedicate en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- 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 English overmedicate From over- + medicate.
Meanings
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To medicate excessively
"I thought the people we'd be arguing with are the people who believe psychiatric illness doesn't exist" or those who believe children are being overmedicated, he said.
2007 December 14, Joanne Kaufman, “Campaign on Childhood Mental Illness Succeeds at Being Provocative”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overmedicated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overmedicated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overmedicates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overmedicating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |