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Webster 1913 Edition

Medicate

Med′i-cate

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Medicated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Medicating

.]

[L.

medicatus

, p. p. of

medicare

,

medicari

. See

.]

1.

To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.

“Medicated waters.”

Arbuthnot.

2.

To treat with medicine.

Webster 1828 Edition

Medicate

MED'ICATE

,

Verb.

T.

[L. medico.] To tincture or impregnate with healing substances, or with any thing medicinal.