anaesthetize

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A form of anesthetize — To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

verbanaesthetize (third-person singular simple present anaesthetizes, present participle anaesthetizing, simple past and past participle anaesthetized)

present singular third person anaesthetizes · participle present anaesthetizing · participle past anaesthetized · past anaesthetized · alternative anaesthetise

  1. BritishEnglishOxfordalternativeAlternative spelling of anesthetize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbadminister an anesthetic drug to

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

anaesthetize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anaesthetize

MLA

“anaesthetize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anaesthetize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anaesthetize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anaesthetize.

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