"medicate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛdɪkeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: medicates [present, singular, third-person], medicating [participle, present], medicated [participle, past], medicated [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin medicō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English medicate From Latin medicō (“heal, cure”) + English -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|la:medicō<t:heal, cure>|-ate<pos:verb-forming suffix><id:verb>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin medicō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English medicate [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "verb-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "medicate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="medicate"> From Latin medicō (“heal, cure”) + English -ate (verb-forming suffix). Head templates: {{en-verb}} medicate (third-person singular simple present medicates, present participle medicating, simple past and past participle medicated)
  1. (transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to. Tags: transitive Translations (administer medication): лекувам с лекарство (lekuvam s lekarstvo) (Bulgarian), medicineren (Dutch), lääkitä (Finnish), medicar (Galician), verschreiben (German), medizieren (German), medizinisch behandeln (German), medikamentizar (Ido), medico (Latin), mêgâ (Ligurian), علاجلامق (ʼilâclamak) (Ottoman Turkish), medicar (Portuguese), medicar (Spanish), medicinar (Spanish), medicinera (Swedish), ilaç yazmak (english: prescribe) (Turkish), ilaç vermek (english: administer) (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-medicate-en-verb-xBctzb0f Categories (other): English entries with etymon, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb) Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 51 49 Disambiguation of 'administer medication': 83 17
  2. (transitive, of a substance) To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: automedicate, medicative, nonmedicated, overmedicate, polymedicate, premedicate, premedicated, self-medicate, undermedicated, unmedicated Related terms: medication, prescribe

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} medicate
  1. inflection of medicare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: medicare
    Sense id: en-medicate-it-verb-9jn1d15e Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 16 51 24 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 10 68 16 3 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 75 18 7
  2. inflection of medicare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: medicare
    Sense id: en-medicate-it-verb-zmtzCdeO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} medicate f pl
  1. feminine plural of medicato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: medicato
    Sense id: en-medicate-it-verb-uydPAAjt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: medicāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=medicāte}} medicāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of medicātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: medicātus
    Sense id: en-medicate-la-verb-j2Ye6sBS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} medicate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of medicar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: medicar
    Sense id: en-medicate-es-verb-toIPkbfN Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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