medicatev.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻkeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌkeɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin medicāt-, medicāre, medicārī.

Etymology: < classical Latin medicāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of medicāre, medicārī to cure, heal, to treat with a substance (as preservative, drug, flavouring, etc.), to poison < medicus medic adj.¹

a. transitive. To treat (a person, etc.) medically; to administer remedies to; to heal, cure. In British usage now esp.: to treat with drugs (usually in passive). Also figurative (now rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > apply remedy to

plastera1398

medicinea1425

to lay to1551

medicate1623

pathologize1649

medicament1850

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Medicate, to heale or cure.

1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches x. 48 All the Physicions Medicate all England.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 23 To soil Thy grateful fields, to medicate thy sheep,..Thy vacant hours require.

1807 tr. Three Germans I. 68 What can medicate the wounds of the mind?

a1822 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) I. 256 He postponed all other purposes to the care of medicating himself.

1860 R. W. Emerson Culture in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 123 What we call our root-and-branch reforms of slavery, war, gambling, intemperence, is only medicating the symptoms.

1880 R. Barwell Aneurism 94 To feed, and if desirable also to medicate, the patient in such manner that [etc.].

1963 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 24 580 (note) No less noteworthy is the heroic mercy demonstrated by Dr. Appia in assisting and medicating the wounded of many wars.

1982 O. Sacks Awakenings (rev. ed.) Epil. 256 She would thus do well each time she was medicated.

1993 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 21/3 I was sick of being medicated all the time so I escaped to London.

b. intransitive. To provide medical treatment; to use or prescribe drugs or other medicines. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > practise the healing art [verb (intransitive)]

practisea1650

medicate1835

Hippocratize1869

1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 17 Skilled in herbs too, he medicates successfully for man and beast.

1867 in Mil. Affairs (1955) 19 181 Gen. Joseph A. Cooper instructed..that in cases of sickness due to misconduct..physicians should not be allowed ‘to medicate at the expense of the state’.

1996 Newsday (Electronic ed.) 10 June There are nagging fears that doctors are succumbing to pressure to medicate as a quick way to deal with behavior problems.

2. In extended uses.

a. transitive. spec. To impregnate or mix (something) with a medicinal substance. Also figurative. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > impregnation of substances with medicaments > medicate [verb (transitive)]

medicate1751

1626 [implied in: Bp. J. Hall Serm. Publike Thanksgiuing 52 If some infrequent passenger crossed our streets, it was not without his medicated Posie at his nose. (at medicated adj.)].

1707 [implied in: J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xvi. 317 The medicating or steeping of Seeds. (at medicating n.)].

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 150. ⁋3 The antidotes with which philosophy has medicated the cup of life.

1753 Scots Mag. 15 40/2 When a course of milk is ordered..may it not be thus medicated much to the advantage of the patient?

1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 185/2 You are multiplying..the chances of human improvement, by preparing and medicating those early impressions, which always come from the mother.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 37 The inhalation of steam medicated with terebene.

1926 Lancet 26 June 1292/1 The purpose of this apparatus is to purify and medicate the air of rooms and buildings by means of a vapour.

1955 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 18 282 Two paragraphs describe the process of medicating the water in a small well.

1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) July 112/1 The ‘proactive’ fishkeeper will medicate with malachite green and formalin, every spring and autumn, to bring down populations of protozoan parasites.

1994 Analyst 116 416/1 A preliminary trial was carried out..on a sample of a pig grower feed medicated with nitrovin.

†b. transitive. To treat with a substance for some (usually beneficial) purpose. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > subject to action or operation > subject to a process

medicatec1660

treat1816

process1881

service1948

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 133 His collection of all the Sorts of Insects..he spreads, & so medicates, that no corruption invading them he keepes in drawers.

1775 G. White Let. 1 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 198 A pound of rushes, medicated [i.e. steeped in tallow] and ready for use, will cost three shillings.

1839 T. De Quincey On True Relations to Civilisation of Rom. Empire in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 645/1 Did ever Siren warble so dulcet a song to ears already prepossessed and medicated with spells of Circean effeminacy?

1857 F. W. Faber Sir Lancelot (ed. 2) iii. 76 A thin apparel of sweet herbs..Which..exhaled a scent As though the earth had medicated been With freshly moistened spice and odorous drugs.

†c. transitive. To pollute; to impregnate or mix with narcotic or other (chiefly harmful or toxic) substances; to doctor or treat (wine, etc.) with. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate > specific with a drug

druga1616

medicate1662

1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality xii. 68 The Fumes, Steams, and Stenches of London, do so medicate, and impregnate the Air about it, that [etc.].

1684 R. Baxter Acct. Twelve Arguments Pref., in Catholick Communion Defended They medicate their Wines with Arsenick and Mercury.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §11 Wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and resin.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. x. 291 She..medicated with her pois'nous drugs Their food.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medicate
释义	† medicateadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medicātus. Etymology: < classical Latin medicātus, past participle of medicāre (see medicate v.). Compare slightly earlier medicated adj. Obsolete. rare. = medicated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > impregnation of substances with medicaments > [adjective] medicined1573 medicated1626 medicate1638 1638 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 41 Not but that I take notice of medicate Wines, and their excellencies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). medicatev. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌkeɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin medicāt-, medicāre, medicārī. Etymology: < classical Latin medicāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of medicāre, medicārī to cure, heal, to treat with a substance (as preservative, drug, flavouring, etc.), to poison < medicus medic adj.¹ 1. a. transitive. To treat (a person, etc.) medically; to administer remedies to; to heal, cure. In British usage now esp.: to treat with drugs (usually in passive). Also figurative (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > apply remedy to plastera1398 medicinea1425 to lay to1551 medicate1623 pathologize1649 medicament1850 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Medicate, to heale or cure. 1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches x. 48 All the Physicions Medicate all England. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 23 To soil Thy grateful fields, to medicate thy sheep,..Thy vacant hours require. 1807 tr. Three Germans I. 68 What can medicate the wounds of the mind? a1822 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) I. 256 He postponed all other purposes to the care of medicating himself. 1860 R. W. Emerson Culture in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 123 What we call our root-and-branch reforms of slavery, war, gambling, intemperence, is only medicating the symptoms. 1880 R. Barwell Aneurism 94 To feed, and if desirable also to medicate, the patient in such manner that [etc.]. 1963 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 24 580 (note) No less noteworthy is the heroic mercy demonstrated by Dr. Appia in assisting and medicating the wounded of many wars. 1982 O. Sacks Awakenings (rev. ed.) Epil. 256 She would thus do well each time she was medicated. 1993 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 21/3 I was sick of being medicated all the time so I escaped to London. b. intransitive. To provide medical treatment; to use or prescribe drugs or other medicines. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > practise the healing art [verb (intransitive)] practisea1650 medicate1835 Hippocratize1869 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 17 Skilled in herbs too, he medicates successfully for man and beast. 1867 in Mil. Affairs (1955) 19 181 Gen. Joseph A. Cooper instructed..that in cases of sickness due to misconduct..physicians should not be allowed ‘to medicate at the expense of the state’. 1996 Newsday (Electronic ed.) 10 June There are nagging fears that doctors are succumbing to pressure to medicate as a quick way to deal with behavior problems. 2. In extended uses. a. transitive. spec. To impregnate or mix (something) with a medicinal substance. Also figurative. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > impregnation of substances with medicaments > medicate [verb (transitive)] medicate1751 1626 [implied in: Bp. J. Hall Serm. Publike Thanksgiuing 52 If some infrequent passenger crossed our streets, it was not without his medicated Posie at his nose. (at medicated adj.)]. 1707 [implied in: J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xvi. 317 The medicating or steeping of Seeds. (at medicating n.)]. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 150. ⁋3 The antidotes with which philosophy has medicated the cup of life. 1753 Scots Mag. 15 40/2 When a course of milk is ordered..may it not be thus medicated much to the advantage of the patient? 1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 185/2 You are multiplying..the chances of human improvement, by preparing and medicating those early impressions, which always come from the mother. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 37 The inhalation of steam medicated with terebene. 1926 Lancet 26 June 1292/1 The purpose of this apparatus is to purify and medicate the air of rooms and buildings by means of a vapour. 1955 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 18 282 Two paragraphs describe the process of medicating the water in a small well. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) July 112/1 The ‘proactive’ fishkeeper will medicate with malachite green and formalin, every spring and autumn, to bring down populations of protozoan parasites. 1994 Analyst 116 416/1 A preliminary trial was carried out..on a sample of a pig grower feed medicated with nitrovin. †b. transitive. To treat with a substance for some (usually beneficial) purpose. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > subject to action or operation > subject to a process medicatec1660 treat1816 process1881 service1948 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 133 His collection of all the Sorts of Insects..he spreads, & so medicates, that no corruption invading them he keepes in drawers. 1775 G. White Let. 1 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 198 A pound of rushes, medicated [i.e. steeped in tallow] and ready for use, will cost three shillings. 1839 T. De Quincey On True Relations to Civilisation of Rom. Empire in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 645/1 Did ever Siren warble so dulcet a song to ears already prepossessed and medicated with spells of Circean effeminacy? 1857 F. W. Faber Sir Lancelot (ed. 2) iii. 76 A thin apparel of sweet herbs..Which..exhaled a scent As though the earth had medicated been With freshly moistened spice and odorous drugs. †c. transitive. To pollute; to impregnate or mix with narcotic or other (chiefly harmful or toxic) substances; to doctor or treat (wine, etc.) with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate > specific with a drug druga1616 medicate1662 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality xii. 68 The Fumes, Steams, and Stenches of London, do so medicate, and impregnate the Air about it, that [etc.]. 1684 R. Baxter Acct. Twelve Arguments Pref., in Catholick Communion Defended They medicate their Wines with Arsenick and Mercury. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §11 Wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and resin. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. x. 291 She..medicated with her pois'nous drugs Their food. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1638v.1623
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† medicateadj.

medicatev.