MEDICATE


Meaning of MEDICATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈme-də-ˌkāt ]

transitive verb

( -cat·ed ; -cat·ing )

Etymology: Latin medicatus, past participle of medicare to heal, from medicus

Date: circa 1623

1. : to treat medicinally

2. : to impregnate with a medicinal substance

medicated soap

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.