Medicate
//ˈmɛdɪkeɪt// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To prescribe or administer medication to. transitive
- 2 treat medicinally, treat with medicine wordnet
- 3 To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on. transitive
"I started to think of food as my friend instead of my foe. It medicates my body. Every bite of food I intake I think of how it is going to make me stronger and help all my organs function."
- 4 impregnate with a medicinal substance wordnet
Example
More examples"I started to think of food as my friend instead of my foe. It medicates my body. Every bite of food I intake I think of how it is going to make me stronger and help all my organs function."
Etymology
From Latin medicō (“heal, cure”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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