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anesthetizing

anesthetizing is the present participle and gerund of anesthetize.

Meaning of anesthetize

Verb

anesthetize (third-person singular simple present anesthetizes, present participle anesthetizing, simple past and past participle anesthetized)

  1. (Canada, US, transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.
    • Just prior to surgery the doctor will anesthetize him and he will sleep for four hours.

Questions about anesthetizing

What is anesthetizing the present participle and gerund of?
Anesthetizing is the present participle and gerund of anesthetize.

Words near anesthetizing in the dictionary

  1. anesthetize
  2. anesthetized
  3. anesthetizer
  4. anesthetizers
  5. anesthetizes
  6. anesthetizing
  7. anesthization
  8. anestra
  9. anestri
  10. anestrous
  11. anestrum

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