narcotizes

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