medicated

Variant of medicate

medicate definition

medi·cate (med′i kāt′)

transitive verb medicated -·cat′ed, medicating -·cat′·ing

  1. to treat with medicine
  2. to add a medicinal substance to; tincture or impregnate with medicine

Etymology: < L medicatus, pp. of medicari, to heal < medicus: see medical

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