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# medicate

«medicate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give someone medicine, or to treat an illness with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (medicate, medicates, medicated, medicating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To medicate is to give someone medicine, or to treat an illness with medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#m1)

2) Medicated (adjective) means containing medicine: «medicated shampoo». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in health and safety contexts: doctors medicate patients; «medicated cream». Phrases: «self-medicate» (take medicine without a doctor's advice). Safety: only adults should give children medicine, and only the right dose.

### examples

- The vet medicated the sick dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#x1)
- Use the medicated cream twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#x2)
- Never medicate yourself without asking an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#x3)
- The nurse medicated the patient at bedtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#x4)
- She used medicated shampoo for her itchy scalp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#x5)
- Doctors decide whether to medicate a fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday talk says «give medicine». Noun: medication (medicine). «Self-medicate» can mean using things to cope with feelings, often in an unhealthy way.

### In the corpora

- ["Self-medicating" means using alcohol or drugs to cope with problems instead of getting proper help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «medicate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/medicate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.