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Definition of: medicate
(med′ə·kāt) v.t. ·cat·ed, ·cat·ing
1. To treat medicinally.
2. To tincture or impregnate with medicine. [<L medicatus, pp. of medicare heal <medicus a physician]
—med′i·ca′tive, med′i·ca·to′ry (-kə·tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective
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