Wondering how to use Medicate in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as impregnate or saturate.
Medicate meaning
- To prescribe or administer medication to.
- To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on.
Synonyms of Medicate
Using Medicate
- The main meaning on this page is: To prescribe or administer medication to. | To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on.
- Useful related words include: impregnate, saturate, medicine, treat.
- In the example corpus, medicate often appears in combinations such as: to medicate, medicate with, self medicate.
Context around Medicate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Medicate
- In this selection, "medicate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, self, options, involuntarily, people, bringing and knowing stand out and add context to how "medicate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to self medicate and care and medicate our little. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "medicate" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with medicate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sooner or later we are given two options: medicate or not medicate. (12 words)
We are not powerful enough to trick, outsmart or out-medicate God. (12 words)
CBD oil products are a few of the most well-known strategies to medicate with CBD. (16 words)
Instead of being surrounded by people who talk about Frankie & Benny’s or life on the supermarket tills, a new cohort enters that offer drink and drugs as a way to self-medicate and remove some of the unimaginable stresses. (40 words)
Nicola has never seen a doctor about her cold sores as she knows what they are and how she got them, and so over the years she has tried to self-medicate, knowing they would always be there. (38 words)
A lawyer defending him said Coopey used the drugs to 'self-medicate' in the wake of the double-fatal crash in 2018, where he hit and killed two pedestrians while driving his father's sports car. (36 words)
Example sentences (18)
Sooner or later we are given two options: medicate or not medicate.
A lawyer defending him said Coopey used the drugs to 'self-medicate' in the wake of the double-fatal crash in 2018, where he hit and killed two pedestrians while driving his father's sports car.
To prevent breast cancer, women have been warned not to self-medicate when they experience any changes or pain around their breasts.
A U.S. Supreme Court case, Sell v. United States, allows states to involuntarily medicate people in custody if certain conditions are met.
Instead of being surrounded by people who talk about Frankie & Benny’s or life on the supermarket tills, a new cohort enters that offer drink and drugs as a way to self-medicate and remove some of the unimaginable stresses.
Lastly, it’s important to refrain from keeping leftover prescription medication such as pain medication or antibiotics to give to others when they are ill or to self-medicate.
CBD oil products are a few of the most well-known strategies to medicate with CBD.
Hopefully, we will be out and about fundraising very soon, we will still need to feed, care and medicate our little hogs for the coming months, Facebook will have all the key dates and places.
Instead of going through a security check or reporting his symptoms, Rahujo decided to self medicate, bringing his fever down.
Nicola has never seen a doctor about her cold sores as she knows what they are and how she got them, and so over the years she has tried to self-medicate, knowing they would always be there.
Now that the Pax Herbal Cugzin has gained approval, it is important to warn the general public not to self-medicate.
Last year, the former Spice Girl said she’d been using alcohol to self medicate after her divorce from film producer and she planned to enter rehab for alcohol and sex addiction.
Even though I took precautions and continued to medicate my cats as the firework displays intensified, the extent of the fireworks and the big bangs, that were supposed to be banned, was extremely damaging.
Gummies are fantastic for folks who don’t need to medicate themselves together with CBD capsules.
So you self-medicate with Xanax, with marijuana, codeine — to help numb those nerves so you can just function every day.
Stick to the manufacturer’s guidance on dosages, don’t self-medicate, and if in doubt consult a medical professional.
We are not powerful enough to trick, outsmart or out-medicate God.
Cobain claimed that he was "determined to get a habit" as a way to self-medicate his stomach condition.
Common combinations with medicate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to medicate 4×
- medicate with 2×
- self medicate 2×