Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To prescribe or administer medication to.

    verschreiben, medizieren, medizinisch behandeln

  2. (transitive)To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on.

More definitions
  • treat medicinally, treat with medicine
  • impregnate with a medicinal substance

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Tom is heavily medicated.

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  2. Tom needs to be medicated.

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  3. Tom was medicated.

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  4. He "medicates" several times a day with a marijuana vaporizer.

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  5. Tom self-medicated with cannabis.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
administer medication:

Forms

medicates, medicating, medicated, medicated
Base formmedicate · to medicate
3rd person singularmedicates
Present participlemedicating
Past simplemedicated
Past participlemedicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymedicate
he, she, itmedicates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmedicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave medicated
he, she, ithas medicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill medicate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • treat medicinally, treat with medicine:medicine

Word family

13 related words
RelatedmedicationB2prescribeB2medicativemedicine
Derivedautomedicatenonmedicatedovermedicatepolymedicatepremedicatepremedicatedself-medicateundermedicatedunmedicated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
medicalA2medicallymedicaremedicationB2medicinalmedicineA1
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