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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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Years later, only John (now played by Aramayo) remains with Heather at home, medicated into semi-submission, with little hope of a life of independence or fulfillment.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
According to prosecutors, Works had lived with Graves since Thanksgiving of 2025, had been homeless on and off for the last decade, and is medicated for bipolar disorder and anxiety.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
The intervals will be crucial for Dion to pace herself, rest and medicate between shows, according to Kelf.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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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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