medicate

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt/ UK /ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to treat with medicine or a drug

Doctors chose to medicate the patient for the pain.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to treat with medicine or a... treat dose drug dress physic

Word family

Derived forms medicatedmedicationmedicating

Related forms medicine medical medicinal medicament

Etymology

From Latin medicātus, past participle of medicāre/medicārī ('to heal, treat'), from medicus ('physician'), from medērī ('to heal'). To treat with medicine.

medicārī Latin medērī Latin

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Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

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# medicate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt/

## Meanings
1. to treat with medicine or a drug

## Examples
- Doctors chose to medicate the patient for the pain.

## Synonyms
- treat
- dose
- drug
- dress
- physic

## Derived Forms
- medicated
- medication
- medicating

## Related Forms
- medicine
- medical
- medicinal
- medicament

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: medicārī
- Root: medērī

## Etymology
From Latin medicātus, past participle of medicāre/medicārī ('to heal, treat'), from medicus ('physician'), from medērī ('to heal'). To treat with medicine.

## AI Etymology
Medicate comes from Latin medicātus, past participle of medicāre/medicārī ('to heal, treat'), from medicus ('physician'), from medērī ('to heal'). To treat with medicine. The etymological trail includes Latin medicārī and Latin medērī. As a verb, medicate means to treat with medicine or a drug. The same family is visible in derived forms such as medicated, medication, and medicating and related forms such as medicine, medical, medicinal, and medicament.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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