medicate
verb
med·i·cate
ˈme-di-ˌkāt 
medicated; medicating
1
: to treat (someone or something) with or as if with medicine
medicate a condition
was medicated for pain/depression
… is happily living his life one day at a time since he stopped drinking and otherwise medicating himself …—
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: to impregnate with a medicinal substance
medicated soap
Examples of medicate in a Sentence
The patient had been heavily medicated.
Recent Examples on the Web
In a motion filed about a week ago asking a judge to launch that decision-making process, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego began laying out arguments for why Coleman should be involuntarily medicated.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
Upset that Ezra might be medicated with anti-psychotics and placed in a special education school, Max assesses that the doctors, pharmaceutical companies and the state are in collusion to keep himself and his son apart.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 31 May 2024
The space had been turned into an impromptu shelter by volunteers, who were working in shifts to register, feed, medicate and care for the animals.
—Jorge C. Carrasco, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Participants cannot be forcibly medicated or jailed solely for refusing care.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
Upset that Ezra might be medicated with anti-psychotics and placed in a special education school, Max assesses that the doctors, pharmaceutical companies and the state are in collusion to keep himself and his son apart.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 31 May 2024
The space had been turned into an impromptu shelter by volunteers, who were working in shifts to register, feed, medicate and care for the animals.
—Jorge C. Carrasco, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Participants cannot be forcibly medicated or jailed solely for refusing care.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medicate. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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medicate
transitive verb
med·i·cate
ˈmed-ə-ˌkāt
medicated; medicating
1
: to treat medicinally
2
: to impregnate with a medicinal substance
medicated soap
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