medicate

2 definitions found

medicate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Medicate \Med"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Medicated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Medicating.] [L. medicatus, p. p. of medicare,
     medicari. See Medicable.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to
        drug. "Medicated waters." --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To treat with medicine.
        [1913 Webster]

medicate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  medicate
      v 1: impregnate with a medicinal substance
      2: treat medicinally, treat with medicine [syn: medicate,
         medicine]