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oversedate

oversedate verb: to sedate excessively.

Verb

oversedate (third-person singular simple present oversedates, present participle oversedating, simple past and past participle oversedated)

  1. (transitive) To sedate excessively.
    • But the practice has drawn mounting criticism from doctors and dentists who say it poses a dangerous risk of patients being oversedated by dentists who often have completed only a 24-hour training course and are not equipped to safely monitor the drugs.2008 March 6, Sarah Kershaw, “My Root Canal? It’s a Blur”, in New York Times

Forms of oversedate

third-person singular presentoversedates
present participleoversedating
past participleoversedated
pastoversedated

Origin of oversedate

From over- + sedate.

Questions about oversedate

What does oversedate mean?
Oversedate means to sedate excessively.
What part of speech is oversedate?
Oversedate is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversedate?
The past tense of oversedate is oversedated.

Words near oversedate in the dictionary

  1. oversecure
  2. oversecured
  3. oversecures
  4. oversecuring
  5. oversecurity
  6. oversedate
  7. oversedated
  8. oversedates
  9. oversedating
  10. oversedation
  11. oversedations

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