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narcotise

narcotise is the alternative spelling of narcotize.

Meaning of narcotize

Verb

narcotize (third-person singular simple present narcotizes, present participle narcotizing, simple past and past participle narcotized)

  1. (transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug.
  2. (transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.).
  3. (transitive) To make into a narcotic.
    • The sun hangs overhead like a lantern, the essence of new grass and apple blossom narcotizes the air, the clack and whir of the wheels have a quelling, hypnotic effect on the passengers.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 235

Forms of narcotise

third-person singular presentnarcotises
present participlenarcotising
past participlenarcotised
pastnarcotised

Questions about narcotise

What is narcotise the alternative spelling of?
Narcotise is the alternative spelling of narcotize.

Words near narcotise in the dictionary

  1. narcotine
  2. narcotines
  3. narcotinic
  4. narcotisation
  5. narcotisations
  6. narcotise
  7. narcotised
  8. narcotises
  9. narcotising
  10. narcotism
  11. narcotisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: narcotise (page history and authors); narcotize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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