different between medicate vs meditate

English

Etymology

From Latin medic?tus, past participle of medic?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d?ke?t/

Verb

medicate (third-person singular simple present medicates, present participle medicating, simple past and past participle medicated)

1. (transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to.

Derived terms

• self-medicate

Related terms

• medication

Translations

See also

• prescribe

Anagrams

• decimate, edematic

Italian

Verb

medicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of medicare
2. second-person plural imperative of medicare
3. feminine plural of medicato

Anagrams

• decimate

Latin

Participle

medic?te

1. vocative masculine singular of medic?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of mederi (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek ?????? (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”)

Pronunciation

Verb

meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)

1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
3. (transitive) To consider; to reflect on.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• meditative
• meditation
• meditator

Translations

Further reading

• meditate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• meditate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• admittee, datetime

Italian

Verb

meditate

1. second-person plural present indicative of meditare
2. second-person plural imperative of meditare
3. feminine plural of meditato

Latin

Participle

medit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of medit?tus

References

• meditate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meditate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette