narcotize

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nar·co·tize

(när′kə-tīz′)

tr.v. nar·co·tized, nar·co·tiz·ing, nar·co·tiz·es

1. To place under the influence of a narcotic.

2. To put to sleep; lull.

3. To dull; deaden.

nar′co·ti·za′tion (-tĭ-zā′shən) n.

narcotize

(ˈnɑːkəˌtaɪz) or

narcotise

(Medicine) (tr) to place under the influence of a narcotic drug

ˌnarcotiˈzation, ˌnarcotiˈsation n

nar•co•tize

(ˈnɑr kəˌtaɪz)

v. -tized, -tiz•ing. v.t.

1. to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.

2. to make dull; deaden the awareness of.

v.i.

3. to act as a narcotic.

[1835–45]

nar`co•ti•za′tion, n.

narcotize

Past participle: narcotized
Gerund: narcotizing

Imperative
narcotize
narcotize

Present
I narcotize
you narcotize
he/she/it narcotizes
we narcotize
you narcotize
they narcotize

Preterite
I narcotized
you narcotized
he/she/it narcotized
we narcotized
you narcotized
they narcotized

Present Continuous
I am narcotizing
you are narcotizing
he/she/it is narcotizing
we are narcotizing
you are narcotizing
they are narcotizing

Present Perfect
I have narcotized
you have narcotized
he/she/it has narcotized
we have narcotized
you have narcotized
they have narcotized

Past Continuous
I was narcotizing
you were narcotizing
he/she/it was narcotizing
we were narcotizing
you were narcotizing
they were narcotizing

Past Perfect
I had narcotized
you had narcotized
he/she/it had narcotized
we had narcotized
you had narcotized
they had narcotized

Future
I will narcotize
you will narcotize
he/she/it will narcotize
we will narcotize
you will narcotize
they will narcotize

Future Perfect
I will have narcotized
you will have narcotized
he/she/it will have narcotized
we will have narcotized
you will have narcotized
they will have narcotized

Future Continuous
I will be narcotizing
you will be narcotizing
he/she/it will be narcotizing
we will be narcotizing
you will be narcotizing
they will be narcotizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been narcotizing
you have been narcotizing
he/she/it has been narcotizing
we have been narcotizing
you have been narcotizing
they have been narcotizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been narcotizing
you will have been narcotizing
he/she/it will have been narcotizing
we will have been narcotizing
you will have been narcotizing
they will have been narcotizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been narcotizing
you had been narcotizing
he/she/it had been narcotizing
we had been narcotizing
you had been narcotizing
they had been narcotizing

Conditional
I would narcotize
you would narcotize
he/she/it would narcotize
we would narcotize
you would narcotize
they would narcotize

Past Conditional
I would have narcotized
you would have narcotized
he/she/it would have narcotized
we would have narcotized
you would have narcotized
they would have narcotized

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Verb

narcotize - administer narcotics to

narcotise

drug, dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"

narcotize

verb

To administer or add a drug to:

dose, drug, medicate, opiate, physic.

Informal: dope (up).

Translations

huumatahuumenukuttaatainnuttaavalmistaa

narcotiser

narcotizzare

narcotiza

narcotize

[ˈnɑːkətaɪz] VT → narcotizar

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novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the

View in context

Culture industries, such as the media industry, contain content and narratives that could easily sway, mobilize, or narcotize the public, and therefore are susceptible to the control of the authorities.

Strategizing for Creative Industries in China: Contradictions and Tension in Nation Branding

This by-passing renders Bazin's and Deleuze's approach a limited one, but less limited, I feel, than a traditional auteurist approach or the attempt to narcotize authoredness in Fellini in order to recuperate his films to post-structuralist theory.

Fellini and the auteurists

to narcotize it (with alcohol and drugs, through social activity and immersion in work, through sleep or sexual relationships);