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   medicate

   /ˈmɛdɪkeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. administer a drug to (someone): "both infants were heavily medicated to alleviate their seizures"
   • ▪ treat (a condition) using a drug: "the born worrier medicates the common cold as though it were a terminal condition"
   • ▪ add a drug to: "the fish are given feed medicated with antibiotics to ward off disease"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin medicat- ‘treated’, from the verb medicari ‘administer remedies to’, from medicus (see medic1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. medicative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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