medicate
verb /ˈmedɪkeɪt/
/ˈmedɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they medicate | /ˈmedɪkeɪt/ /ˈmedɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it medicates | /ˈmedɪkeɪts/ /ˈmedɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple medicated | /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle medicated | /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form medicating | /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmedɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to give somebody medicine, especially a drug that affects their behaviour
- medicate somebody (with something) Resist the temptation to medicate your child with over-the-counter remedies.
- medicate somebody for something He is being medicated for high blood pressure.
- medicate something to treat a health problem using medicine or a drug
- Sometimes we medicate the symptoms without fixing the underlying problem.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin medicat- ‘treated’, from the verb medicari ‘administer remedies to’, from medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.