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medicate

[ med-i-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

medicated, medicating.
  1. to treat with medicine or medicaments.
  2. to impregnate with a medicine:

    medicated cough drops; a medicated bandage.



medicate

/ ˈ³¾É›»åɪˌ°ì±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to cover or impregnate (a wound, etc) with an ointment, cream, etc
  2. to treat (a patient) with a medicine
  3. to add a medication to (a bandage, shampoo, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦²¹³Ù¾±±¹±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·³¾±ð»åi·³¦²¹³Ù±ð verb (used with object) demedicated demedicating
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·³¾±ð»åi·³¦²¹³Ù±ð verb (used with object) overmedicated overmedicating
  • ±è°ù±ð·³¾±ð»åi·³¦²¹³Ù±ð verb (used with object) premedicated premedicating
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾±ð»åi·³¦²¹³Ùe»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of medicate1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ “healed,†past participle of ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð, medicÄrÄ« “to heal,†from medicus ‼õ³ó²â²õ¾±³¦¾±²¹²Ôâ€; medical
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of medicate1

C17: from Latin ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to heal
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But even after that, she was in and out of hospital for a year before finally being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and medicated correctly.

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I know the producers have said that this is not for shock value, and I believe them, but holy moly, someone better make sure Victoria is appropriately medicated by then.

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She was given a sedative and put into a cell where she remembers waking up intermittently, crying, before lapsing back into her medicated sleep.

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Blake: I also loved that exchange, Yvonne, and it made me wonder if Victoria is more cunning than her heavily medicated persona would suggest.

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On the other hand, I am not sure if Parker Posey is trying to sound crazy on purpose because her character is heavily medicated, or if she’s just really overdoing that drawl.

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