Narcotise (Verb)
Meaning
Administer narcotics to.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The doctor decided it was necessary to narcotise the patient to numb the pain.
- She worked to narcotise the baby, in order to perform the operation safely.
- After a long and winding conversation, eventually the mother managed to narcotise the temper of her furious daughter by singing a soothing lullaby, but that was not the case.
- A doctor should be careful while deciding whether or not to narcotise an anxious patient before the procedure.
- They did not have sufficient equipment to monitor the effects of medication, so could not narcotise him for the duration of the recovery.