psychose

Meanings

verbpsychose (third-person singular simple present psychoses, present participle psychosing, simple past and past participle psychosed)

present singular third person psychoses · participle present psychosing · participle past psychosed · past psychosed

To induce psychosis.
In his teens, Simon became "a bad advert for continued drug use, psychosed from long-term abuse, sectioned, anxious, paranoid, not eating or sleeping well", Tom says.
2005 April 27, “'I thought he would be found dead'”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2026

Back-formation from psychosis.

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