medicate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb impregnate with a medicinal substance
  2. verb treat medicinally, treat with medicine
    medicine.

WordNet

Med"i*cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. medicatus, p. p. of medicare, medicari. See Medicable.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Medicated ; present participle & verbal noun Medicating
Definitions
  1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. "Medicated waters." Arbuthnot.
  2. To treat with medicine.

Webster 1913