medicate

verb
🔊/ˈmedɪkeɪt/
🔊/ˈmedɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they medicate
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he / she / it medicates
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past simple medicated
🔊/ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈmedɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle medicated
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-ing form medicating
🔊/ˈmedɪkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to give somebody medicine, especially a drug that affects their behaviour给…用药(尤指影响行为的药物);用药物治疗
    • medicate somebody (with something) Resist the temptation to medicate your child with over-the-counter remedies.抵制为您的孩子提供非处方药的诱惑。
    • medicate somebody for something He is being medicated for high blood pressure.他正在接受高血压药物治疗。
    see also self-medicateTopics Social issuesc2
  2. medicate something to treat a health problem using medicine or a drug
    • Sometimes we medicate the symptoms without fixing the underlying problem.有时,我们给症状加药而不解决根本的问题。
    Topics Social issuesc2
  3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin medicat- ‘treated’, from the verb medicari ‘administer remedies to’, from medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.