overanesthetize

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verb

To give too much anesthetic to.

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Meanings

verboveranesthetize (third-person singular simple present overanesthetizes, present participle overanesthetizing, simple past and past participle overanesthetized)

present singular third person overanesthetizes · participle present overanesthetizing · participle past overanesthetized · past overanesthetized · alternative overanaesthetize

  1. transitiveTo give too much anesthetic to.

    While undergoing a tonsillectomy, young Lionel — called Leibel or Leibele by his family — was badly overanesthetized.

    2009 March 21, William Grimes, “Lionel Ziprin, Mystic of the Lower East Side, Dies at 84”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + anesthetize.

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APA

overanesthetize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overanesthetize

MLA

“overanesthetize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overanesthetize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overanesthetize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overanesthetize.

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