anaesthetize
verb /əˈniːsθətaɪz/
/əˈniːsθətaɪz/
(British English also anaesthetise)
(US English anesthetize)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they anaesthetize | /əˈniːsθətaɪz/ /əˈniːsθətaɪz/ |
| he / she / it anaesthetizes | /əˈniːsθətaɪzɪz/ /əˈniːsθətaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple anaesthetized | /əˈniːsθətaɪzd/ /əˈniːsθətaɪzd/ |
| past participle anaesthetized | /əˈniːsθətaɪzd/ /əˈniːsθətaɪzd/ |
| -ing form anaesthetizing | /əˈniːsθətaɪzɪŋ/ /əˈniːsθətaɪzɪŋ/ |
- anaesthetize somebody to make a person or animal unable to feel pain, etc., especially by giving them an anaesthetic before a medical operation
- The animals were all fully anaesthetized before the tags were inserted.