medicate

medicate
1. To treat disease by the giving of drugs. 2. To impregnate with a medicinal substance. [L. medico, pp. -atus, to heal]

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med·i·cate 'med-ə-.kāt vt, -cat·ed; -cat·ing
1) to treat medicinally
2) to impregnate with a medicinal substance <medicated soap>

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med·i·cate (medґĭ-kāt) [L. medicatus] to impregnate or imbue with a medicinal substance.

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