1. to give somebody medicine, especially a drug that affects their behaviour
   • medicate somebody (with something)
     ● Resist the temptation to medicate your child with over-the-counter remedies.
   • medicate somebody for something
     ● He is being medicated for high blood pressure.
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2. medicate something to treat a health problem using medicine or a drug
   • ● Sometimes we medicate the symptoms without fixing the underlying problem.
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin medicat- ‘treated’, from the verb medicari ‘administer remedies to’, from medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.

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