the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. to cause to become unconscious by administration of an anaesthetic agent.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To bring under the influence of an anesthetic agent, as chloroform, a freezing-mixture, etc.; render insensible, especially to pain. Also spelled anesthetise and anæsthetise.
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v. administer an anesthetic drug to
Word Usage
"She used to be a size 6 or 8 and now she's a size 2, no longer using food to "anesthetize" herself."