medicate
verb
med·i·cate
ˈme-di-ˌkāt 
medicated; medicating
1
: to treat (someone or something) with or as if with medicine
medicate a condition
was medicated for pain/depression
… is happily living his life one day at a time since he stopped drinking and otherwise medicating himself …—
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: to impregnate with a medicinal substance
medicated soap
Examples of medicate in a Sentence
The patient had been heavily medicated.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Despite those incidents, an administrative hearing officer from the Bureau of Prisons ruled Coleman was not a danger to himself or others and decided not to medicate Coleman under a different law.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
Jason medicated with self-destructive behavior and throwing himself into his job, while Claire poured all of her emotions into her dancing.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 June 2025
But physicians are concerned about people medicating themselves with methylene blue.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for medicate
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medicate. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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medicate
transitive verb
med·i·cate
ˈmed-ə-ˌkāt
medicated; medicating
1
: to treat medicinally
2
: to impregnate with a medicinal substance
medicated soap
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