ANESTHETISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anesthetise mean? 

• ANESTHETISE (verb)
  The verb ANESTHETISE has 1 sense:

1. administer an anesthetic drug to

  Familiarity information: ANESTHETISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANESTHETISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they anesthetise    ... he / she / it anesthetises   
Past simple: anesthetised   
Past participle: anesthetised   
-ing form: anesthetising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Administer an anesthetic drug to

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

anaesthetise; anaesthetize; anesthetise; anesthetize; put out; put under

Context example:

anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth

Hypernyms (to "anesthetise" is one way to...):

dose; drug (administer a drug to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "anesthetise"):

etherise; etherize (anesthetize with ether)

cocainise; cocainize (anesthetize with cocaine)

chloroform (anesthetize with chloroform)

freeze (anesthetize by cold)

block (interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

anesthetic (a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations)