oversedate

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verb

To sedate excessively.

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Meanings

verboversedate (third-person singular simple present oversedates, present participle oversedating, simple past and past participle oversedated)

present singular third person oversedates · participle present oversedating · participle past oversedated · past oversedated

  1. transitiveTo sedate excessively.

    But the practice has drawn mounting criticism from doctors and dentists who say it poses a dangerous risk of patients being oversedated by dentists who often have completed only a 24-hour training course and are not equipped to safely monitor the drugs.

    2008 March 6, Sarah Kershaw, “My Root Canal? It’s a Blur”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + sedate.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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