narcotize

English

Etymology

From narcot(ic) +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːkə.tʌɪz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɹ.kəˌtaɪz/

Verb

narcotize (third-person singular simple present narcotizes, present participle narcotizing, simple past and past participle narcotized)

(transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.). [from 19th c.]
(transitive) To make into a narcotic. [from 19th c.]
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 235:
  The sun hangs overhead like a lantern, the essence of new grass and apple blossom narcotizes the air, the clack and whir of the wheels have a quelling, hypnotic effect on the passengers.

Translations

to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in

Catalan: narcotitzar (ca)
Finnish: huumata (fi), tainnuttaa (fi), nukuttaa (fi)
French: narcotiser (fr)
Hungarian: érzéstelenít (hu)
Ido: narkotigar (io)
Romanian: narcotiza (ro)

to dull the senses of

Catalan: narcotitzar (ca)
Finnish: huumata (fi)

to make into a narcotic

Finnish: valmistaa huumetta

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