Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To place under the influence of a narcotic.
- transitive verb To put to sleep; lull.
- transitive verb To dull; deaden.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring under the influence of a narcotic; affect with stupor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To use a
narcotic in order to make someonedrowsy orinsensible ; toanesthetize . - verb transitive To
dull thesenses . - verb transitive To make something into a narcotic.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb administer narcotics to
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word narcotize.
Examples
-
If you were to tell me that, someday, human beings with access to entertainment technologies will narcotize themselves on a steady drip of celebrity blather, I would tell you that you are describing March 2011.
-
No navigation is available, nor is a rear-seat video system, which helps narcotize the children on long trips.
Mazda5 Says Yes to Convenience, No to Bloat Dan Neil 2011
-
He used to drink in order to narcotize his persecutors, now he prays in stead.
-
He explains that most black junkies really are trying to narcotize themselves against being a black man in the white man's America.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
-
We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
-
A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
-
We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall.
Pages from an Old Volume of Life; a collection of essays, 1857-1881 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
-
We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
-
You narcotize them; they're given thorazine, they're given various kinds of medication make them a zombie.
unknown title 2009
-
You narcotize them; they're given thorazine, they're given various kinds of medication make them a zombie.
unknown title 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.