Mĕd'i-cāte, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. MEDICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. MEDICATING.] [Lat. medicare, medicari, p. p. medicatus, to heal, It. medicare, Pr., Sp., & Pg. medicar. See MEDICABLE.]

1. To tincture or impregnate with healing substances, or with any thing medicinal.
2. To treat with medicine; to heal; to cure.