Part 6923

<i>Whitlock.</i>

<h1>Medicate</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Medicated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Medicating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>medicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>medicare</ets>, <ets>medicari</ets>. See <er>Medicable</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.</def> "<i>Medicated</i> waters."

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To treat with medicine.</def>

<h1>Medication</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med`i*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>medicatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>m\'82dication</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of medicating.</def>

<h1>Medicative</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"i*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Medicinal; acting like a medicine.</def>

<h1>Medicean</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med`i*ce"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; <as>as, the <ex>Medicean</ex> Venus</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Medicean planets</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>a name given by Galileo to the satellites of Jupiter.</cd></cs>

<h1>Medicinable</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*dic"i*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Medicinal; having the power of healing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Medicinal</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*dic"i*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>medicinalis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>m\'82dicinal</ets>. See <er>Medicine</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; <as>as, <ex>medicinal</ex> tinctures, plants, or springs</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their <b>medicinal</b> gum. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.</def>

<h1>Medicinally</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*dic"i*nal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a medicinal manner.</def>

<h1>Medicine</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"i*cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>medicina</ets> (sc. <ets>ars</ets>), fr. <ets>medicinus</ets> medical, fr. <ets>medicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>m\'82decine</ets>. See <er>Medical</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.</def>

<blockquote>By <b>medicine</b>, life may be prolonged. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A philter or love potion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>