Anesthetize

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anaesthetize \a*n[ae]s"the*tize\, anesthetize \a*nes"the*tize\,
     ([a^]n*[e^]s"th[-e]*t[imac]z), v. t. (Med.)
     To produce anesthesia by an an[ae]sthetic. --Encyc. Brit.
     [1913 Webster + AS]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  anesthetize \anesthetize\ v. t.
     To cause to become unconscious by administration of an
     anaesthetic agent. [Also spelled {anaesthetize}.]
  
     Syn: put to sleep, put under, put out.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anesthetize
       v : make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient
           must be anesthetized before the operation" [syn: {anaesthetize},
            {anesthetise}, {anaesthetise}, {put to sleep}, {put
           under}, {put out}] [ant: {bring to}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "anesthetize":
     KO, abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bedaze, benumb,
     besot, blunt, chloroform, coldcock, cushion, deaden,
     deaden the pain, desensitize, diminish, dope, drug, dull, ease,
     ease matters, entrance, etherize, foment, freeze, give relief,
     hypnotize, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff,
     knock unconscious, lay, lay out, lessen, lull, lull to sleep,
     magnetize, mesmerize, mitigate, mollify, narcotize, numb, obtund,
     pad, palliate, palsy, paralyze, poultice, pour balm into,
     pour oil on, put to sleep, put under, reduce, relieve,
     rock to sleep, salve, sedate, slacken, slake, soften, soothe, stun,
     stupe, stupefy, subdue, trance