Medicate
verb
To treat a person or an animal with medicine or drugs.
I have to medicate my dog twice a day for his allergies.
Often appears as...
- medicate a patient
- medicate an animal
verb
To take medication, especially unnecessarily or in excess.
He medicates to deal with the stress, which makes things worse.
Often appears as...
- medicate for stress
- over-medicate
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To treat a person or an animal with medicine or drugs.
I have to medicate my dog twice a day for his allergies.
Often appears as...
- medicate a patient
- medicate an animal
verb
To take medication, especially unnecessarily or in excess.
He medicates to deal with the stress, which makes things worse.
Often appears as...
- medicate for stress
- over-medicate
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in health or veterinary contexts when discussing the use of drugs for treatment.
The vet will instruct you on how to medicate your pet after surgery.
Pro Tip 2/3Treatment Process
It implies a schedule or regime, often under supervision, as in managing a condition.
You'll need to medicate at the same time each day to keep your levels stable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not DIY
It's usually done by a healthcare provider or under their instruction, not by oneself.
A nurse will come to medicate the patients who cannot manage on their own.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in health or veterinary contexts when discussing the use of drugs for treatment.
The vet will instruct you on how to medicate your pet after surgery.
Pro Tip 2/3Treatment Process
It implies a schedule or regime, often under supervision, as in managing a condition.
You'll need to medicate at the same time each day to keep your levels stable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not DIY
It's usually done by a healthcare provider or under their instruction, not by oneself.
A nurse will come to medicate the patients who cannot manage on their own.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in health or veterinary contexts when discussing the use of drugs for treatment.
The vet will instruct you on how to medicate your pet after surgery.
Pro Tip 2/3Treatment Process
It implies a schedule or regime, often under supervision, as in managing a condition.
You'll need to medicate at the same time each day to keep your levels stable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not DIY
It's usually done by a healthcare provider or under their instruction, not by oneself.
A nurse will come to medicate the patients who cannot manage on their own.
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Let's raise kids to be...
leadership introspection interdependence values all these traits you can find in young kids and you can help nurture them look for that kind of stuff there's two traits that I want you to also look out for that we don't kind of get out of their system don't medicate kids for attention deficit disorder unless it is really really freakin bad the same with
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A tale of mental illness...
all my angels have already fled so would I take the medicate the pill in an instant that said I don't wish to be seen as regretting the life I could have had if I'd not been mentally ill nor am I asking anyone for their pity what I rather wish to say is that the humanity we all share is more important than the
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Cameron Herold: Let's...
All these traits, you can find in young kids, and you can help nurture them. Look for that kind of stuff. There's two traits I want you to also look out for that we don't get out of their system. Don't medicate kids for attention deficit disorder unless it is really, really freaking bad.
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Afghan IED Sweep PIPE...
down here so it's possibility to add a metallic if it's medicated know where the doors were in the booby-trapped okay I think good luck straight no the area appears safe but a dismal reminder of what damage and ie D can do is near that was a cargo truck they're going
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Jaap de Roode: How...
They can also not medicate themselves. But what these experiments tell us is that these monarchs, these mothers, can lay their eggs on medicinal milkweed that will make their future offspring less sick. Now, this is a really important discovery, I think,
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Strange answers to the...
and they were quite overweight wearing sweatpants and quite dopes are looking and Brian the Scientologists whispered to me that medicated which to the Scientologists was not the worst evil in the world but I'm thinking it's from be
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The "Willy Wonka" of...
introduce his products to a new market recreational pot users we have a mint line so very very socially acceptable obviously you could carry this in your purse our award-winning last year high times medicated chocolate rough night
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Kyle S. More on Playing...
John was who's lonely and he was depressed he wasn't a monster by any me you know he was a normal young man who started getting sick and doesn't get the right help in time wasn't medicated
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The power of vulnerabilit...
that there it's huge cause we are the most in debt obese addicted and medicated adult cohort in US history the problem is and I learned this from the research that you cannot
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The power of vulnerabilit...
but I think it's a huge cause -- We are the most in-debt obese addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history. The problem is -- and I learned this from the research --
Video examples
Let's raise kids to be...
leadership introspection interdependence values all these traits you can find in young kids and you can help nurture them look for that kind of stuff there's two traits that I want you to also look out for that we don't kind of get out of their system don't medicate kids for attention deficit disorder unless it is really really freakin bad the same with
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
all my angels have already fled so would I take the medicate the pill in an instant that said I don't wish to be seen as regretting the life I could have had if I'd not been mentally ill nor am I asking anyone for their pity what I rather wish to say is that the humanity we all share is more important than the
Video examples
Cameron Herold: Let's...
All these traits, you can find in young kids, and you can help nurture them. Look for that kind of stuff. There's two traits I want you to also look out for that we don't get out of their system. Don't medicate kids for attention deficit disorder unless it is really, really freaking bad.
Video examples
Afghan IED Sweep PIPE...
down here so it's possibility to add a metallic if it's medicated know where the doors were in the booby-trapped okay I think good luck straight no the area appears safe but a dismal reminder of what damage and ie D can do is near that was a cargo truck they're going
Video examples
Jaap de Roode: How...
They can also not medicate themselves. But what these experiments tell us is that these monarchs, these mothers, can lay their eggs on medicinal milkweed that will make their future offspring less sick. Now, this is a really important discovery, I think,
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
and they were quite overweight wearing sweatpants and quite dopes are looking and Brian the Scientologists whispered to me that medicated which to the Scientologists was not the worst evil in the world but I'm thinking it's from be
Video examples
The "Willy Wonka" of...
introduce his products to a new market recreational pot users we have a mint line so very very socially acceptable obviously you could carry this in your purse our award-winning last year high times medicated chocolate rough night
Video examples
Kyle S. More on Playing...
John was who's lonely and he was depressed he wasn't a monster by any me you know he was a normal young man who started getting sick and doesn't get the right help in time wasn't medicated
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
that there it's huge cause we are the most in debt obese addicted and medicated adult cohort in US history the problem is and I learned this from the research that you cannot
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
but I think it's a huge cause -- We are the most in-debt obese addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history. The problem is -- and I learned this from the research --
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Richard Simmons
American Celebrity
Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food.
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Beth Hart
American Musician
I'm a Bipolar 1, Rapid Cycler. So really easily, if I'm around people that are sick and are not medicated, and there's a lot of people going to AA that should be medicated that are really, truly mentally ill, then I end up being triggered.
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K. Flay
American Musician
There are people who are profoundly mentally ill. But we now have a very weird perspective on mental illness and what it means. I do think that people are overmedicated.
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MaryJanice Davidson
American Author
I like the idea of federal employees licensed to carry weapons who are also heavily medicated; it just works for me on all sorts of levels.
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Bill Nighy
English Actor
The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
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Dominique Wilkins
French Athlete
As long as they are medicated the right way with the asthma medicine they won't have any problems.
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Chris Gethard
American Actor
Both creatively and organizationally, being medicated has helped me immensely.
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Frankie Boyle
Scottish Comedian
People are medicated and TV is one of the things that they are medicated with.
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David Lipsky
American Author
I know people who are medicated and it's their favorite subject.
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Marcia Angell
American Editor
I do think that we are an overmedicated society.
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Richard Simmons
American Celebrity
Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food.
Quote examples
Beth Hart
American Musician
I'm a Bipolar 1, Rapid Cycler. So really easily, if I'm around people that are sick and are not medicated, and there's a lot of people going to AA that should be medicated that are really, truly mentally ill, then I end up being triggered.
Quote examples
K. Flay
American Musician
There are people who are profoundly mentally ill. But we now have a very weird perspective on mental illness and what it means. I do think that people are overmedicated.
Quote examples
MaryJanice Davidson
American Author
I like the idea of federal employees licensed to carry weapons who are also heavily medicated; it just works for me on all sorts of levels.
Quote examples
Bill Nighy
English Actor
The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
Quote examples
Dominique Wilkins
French Athlete
As long as they are medicated the right way with the asthma medicine they won't have any problems.
Quote examples
Chris Gethard
American Actor
Both creatively and organizationally, being medicated has helped me immensely.
Quote examples
Frankie Boyle
Scottish Comedian
People are medicated and TV is one of the things that they are medicated with.
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David Lipsky
American Author
I know people who are medicated and it's their favorite subject.
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Marcia Angell
American Editor
I do think that we are an overmedicated society.
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