See Also: medicate(medicine)
medicate(dictionary)

medicate (iou)



medicate verb trans. E17.
[Latin medicat- pa. ppl stem of medicari administer remedies to, from medicus: see MEDIC noun1 & adjective1, -ATE3.]
Treat medically; administer remedies to, heal, cure. E17.
a. Impregnate with a medicinal substance. Freq. as medicated ppl adjective. E17.
Lancet The soap is pleasantly medicated with..eucalyptus. Trade Marks Journal A medicated preparation in tablet form for human use as a sedative and hypnotic.
b. Treat or mix (a thing) with drugs or other substances; adulterate (food etc.). M17-M19.
medicative adjective (now rare) curative, healing M17.