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Medicate

To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.

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Manner of action 3

Dose 76% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Salve 76% connected

Hail!

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Broader term 3

Impregnate 76% connected

To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.

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Saturate 76% connected

To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Medication 74% connected

The act or process of medicating.

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Medication 74% connected

The act or process of medicating.

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Medicative 74% connected

Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

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Medicative 74% connected

Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

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Medicine 74% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Medicine 74% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Synonym 1

Medicine 92% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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