medicate

verb

Definition of medicatenext
as in to treat

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Recent Examples of medicate Never frozen or medicated, the turkeys taste earthy with a whiff of fresh meadow and salty, ocean air. — Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Even toward the end of his life, Perry remained in good spirits, despite being heavily medicated and in pain. — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 Drummond, 55, polls her followers, The next clips reveals what's inside the boxes: dozens of Carmex medicated lip balms! — Lawrence Yee, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024 Skaggs says that nearly 100 percent of her students who arrive at SOAR medicated for ADHD are able to stop their medications entirely. — Kerry McDonald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for medicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
  1. treat
  2. attend
  3. nurse
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  • In a major policy reversal, the SEC rescinded Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 — a controversial rule that required banks to treat crypto assets as liabilities on their balance sheets.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos,Ari Levy, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Other types of medication that could be prescribed to treat osteoporosis include: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogs, RANKL inhibitor, sclerostin inhibitors, calcitonin analogs and Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs), according to the FDA. Making healthy lifestyle decisions.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of treat
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  • Before attending Tufts, Ozturk graduated with a master’s degree from the Developmental Psychology program at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York, according to an alumni spotlight article in 2021.
    — JAKE OFFENHARTZ, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
  • To attend, email your full name to info@uclubwp.org.
    — Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of attend
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  • Neither team led by more than eight points all night, but the Lakers nursed a small lead throughout the final 17 minutes.
    — Khobi Price, Oc Register, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Mothers nurse their pups for only a month before mating and heading out to the open ocean.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of nurse

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