medicated, ppl. a.
(ˈmɛdɪkeɪtɪd)
[f. medicate v. + -ed1.]
Charged or impregnated with medicinal substances, drugs, or the like. Also fig.
| 1625 Bp. Hall Serm. Thanksgiving (1626) 52 If some infrequent passenger crossed our streets, it was not without his medicated Posie at his nose. 1676 Wiseman Surg. iv. v. 316, I..prescribed her a medicated Ale..for her constant Drink. 1781 Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxi. III. 206 note, The beautiful faces of the young slaves were covered with a medicated crust..which secured them against the effects of the sun. 184. Mrs. Browning Sonn. fr. Portuguese xvii, Antidotes Of medicated music. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 525 Medicated soaps. |