"medicate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛdɪkeɪt/ Forms: medicates [present, singular, third-person], medicating [participle, present], medicated [participle, past], medicated [past]
Etymology: From Latin medicātus, past participle of medicō; Equivalent to medic + -ate. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|medicātus}} Latin medicātus, {{m|la|medicō}} medicō, {{suf|en|medic|ate}} medic + -ate 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), 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 Disambiguation of 'administer medication': 74 26
  2. (transitive, of a substance) To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-medicate-en-verb-HVFKT1vD Disambiguation of Medicine: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 20 80 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-medicate 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
    Sense id: en-medicate-it-verb-9jn1d15e Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 76 20 4
  2. inflection of medicare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    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

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): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "2": "past participle form",
        "g": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "medicate f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "medicato"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of medicato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicato",
          "medicato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "medicate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "medicāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "medicāte"
      },
      "expansion": "medicāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "medicātus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of medicātus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicātus",
          "medicatus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "medicate"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "medicate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "medicar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of medicar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicar",
          "medicar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "medicate"
}

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