Meanings
verbovermedicate (third-person singular simple present overmedicates, present participle overmedicating, simple past and past participle overmedicated)
present singular third person overmedicates · participle present overmedicating · participle past overmedicated · past overmedicated
- To medicate excessively
"I thought the people we'd be arguing with are the people who believe psychiatric illness doesn't exist" or those who believe children are being overmedicated, he said.
2007 December 14, Joanne Kaufman, “Campaign on Childhood Mental Illness Succeeds at Being Provocative”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Latinmedicō
- Englishmedicate
- Englishovermedicate
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APA
overmedicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmedicate
MLA
“overmedicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmedicate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overmedicate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmedicate.
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