narcotize
[ nahr-kuh-tahyz ]
/ ˈnɑr kəˌtaɪz /
verb (used with object), nar·co·tized, nar·co·tiz·ing.
to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
to make dull; stupefy; deaden the awareness of: He had used liquor to narcotize his anxieties.
verb (used without object), nar·co·tized, nar·co·tiz·ing.
to act as a narcotic: a remedy that does not heal but merely narcotizes.
Also
especially British,
nar·co·tise.
Origin of narcotize
First recorded in 1835–45;
narcot(ic) +
-ize
OTHER WORDS FROM narcotize
nar·co·ti·za·tion, nounWords nearby narcotize
narcotherapy,
narcotic,
narcotic blockade,
narcotic reversal,
narcotism,
narcotize,
narcotrafficking,
nard,
nardoo,
nares,
narew
Example sentences from the Web for narcotize
A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience.
The Devil's Dictionary |Ambrose BierceIt is upon this very principle that the same amount of wine may stimulate at dinner, but narcotize when taken in the forenoon.
Tobacco and Alcohol |John FiskeThe instruction I gave him was in these words: "I want you to narcotize those women to within an inch of their lives."
They fascinate even when they excite, and soothe and narcotize in the communication of their subtle power.
A Trooper Galahad |Charles King
British Dictionary definitions for narcotize
narcotize
narcotise
/ (ˈnɑːkəˌtaɪz) /
verb
(tr)
to place under the influence of a narcotic drug
Derived forms of narcotize
narcotization or narcotisation, nounMedical definitions for narcotize
narcotize
[ när′kə-tīz′ ]
v.
To place under the influence of a narcotic.