narcotize

American  

[nahr-kuh-tahyz] / ˈnɑr kəˌtaɪz /

especially British, narcotise

verb (used with object)

narcotized, narcotizing

1. to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.

2. to make dull; stupefy; deaden the awareness of.

   He had used liquor to narcotize his anxieties.

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verb (used without object)

narcotized, narcotizing

1. to act as a narcotic.

   a remedy that does not heal but merely narcotizes.

narcotize British  

/ ˈnɑːkəˌtaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to place under the influence of a narcotic drug

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Other Word Forms

• narcotization noun

Etymology

Origin of narcotize

First recorded in 1835–45; narcot(ic) + -ize

Example Sentences

Actually the soaps do not kill bacteria, they permanently "narcotize" the germs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Giving, giving, eternal giving is bound to narcotize into sodden self-satisfaction, or at last to rouse to protest an awakening soul.

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen

And nevertheless he desired at present to stay in it, even though for a few days, in order that he might gaze longer upon Panna Marynia and, as he called it, "further narcotize himself."

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

You may narcotize us with the sedative of your content.

From The Torch Bearer by Marquis, Reina Melcher

They fascinate even when they excite, and soothe and narcotize in the communication of their subtle power.

From A Trooper Galahad by King, Charles