medicates

Definition of medicatesnext
present tense third-person singular of medicate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicates
Verb
  • After her godson doctors her résumé, Maya lands a C-suite job at a beauty company and almost immediately makes an enemy out of the boss’ daughter.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As a result, Sage & Salt treats its bottles as a way to shift your mood and intention, not merely to smell great all day long.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Those aren’t the only topics that this former child star treats with sobering candor on this album.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Fitzpatrick, 68, who also attends the statewide meetings told the Free Press that fear of staff retaliation keeps many nursing home residents from participating and voicing their concerns on issues like increasing the personal needs allowance.
    Kristi Tanner, Freep.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Shriya Dwivedi, a Phoenix resident who attends the Basis Peoria charter school, was disappointed to hear EPA was about to repeal the endangerment finding.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But maybe in a film as deeply personal as this, in which grief is the glue that binds each scene together, there needn’t be an overarching theme or narrative beyond the desire for remembrance.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • These dimensions normally cohere in the speaker, which binds a person to their words.
    Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Medicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicates. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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