narcoticize

English

Etymology

From narcotic +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɑːˈkɒtɪsʌɪz/

Verb

narcoticize (third-person singular simple present narcoticizes, present participle narcoticizing, simple past and past participle narcoticized)

1. (rare) To drug, narcotize; to render drugged or as drugged.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 8:

     He really wished to get up to avoid the annoyance of being forced up, but the wish, of course, narcoticised the effort.