narcotize has definitions from the field of pharmacology
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[ verb ] (pharmacology) administer narcotics to

Synonyms

narcotise

Used in print

(Time magazine, 77:3...)

In moderate doses , alcohol narcotizes the appestat and enhances appetite ( the original reason for the cocktail ) ; but because liquor has a high caloric value - 100 calories per oz. - the heavy drinker is seldom hungry .

Related terms

drug narcotic

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