anaesthetize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

anaesthetize
    v 1: administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be
         anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum
         before extracting the teeth" [syn: {anesthetize},
         {anaesthetize}, {anesthetise}, {anaesthetise}, {put under},
         {put out}] [ant: {bring around}, {bring back}, {bring
         round}, {bring to}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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]

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