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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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
The varied usage of the comical veteran quarterback could be an indication that Giants interim coach Mike Kafka is heavily medicated.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025
Dear, who was charged in 2019 in federal court, became entangled in a legal battle over whether he could be medicated for his mental illness, delusional disorder, against his will.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
The decision came nearly three years after the judge ordered that Dear be medicated against his will in 2022.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medicate. Accessed 17 Dec. 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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