Meaning

(transitive) To remove the narcotine from..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To remove the narcotine from.
2. (by extension) To denature; to alter so as to cancel an intoxicating, addictive, or disagreeable effect.
3. To administer a stimulant to (a person or animal under the influence of a narcotic) in order to counteract the effects of a narcotic drug.
4. (figurative) To render ineffective.
5. (figurative) To waken; to make aware.
6. To deprive (an addict) of a narcotic drug until there is no longer a physical addiction.
7. (by extension) To remove the issue of narcotics from (a relationship)
8. To remove reliance on narcotics from (an organization)

Example Sentences

to denarcotize opium

In consequence of the solubility of narcotina, and insolubility of morphia in ether, it is employed to denarcotize opium in preparing it for making denarcotized laudanum.

He invented the calorimeter, a votaic arrangement of large plates that produced heat; the deflagrator, a machine for producing heat on the plan of the oxyhydrogen blowpipe; he devised a plan to denarcotize laudanum.

The U.S.P.X dropped the old formula for Laudanum and recognizes but one Tincture of Opium, which meets every need. The treatment with paraffin denarcotizes the preparation, making it less likely to produce nausea than the older tincture.

Now in making tincture of opium, the student has learned that he uses paraffins to denarcotize the tincture in order to remove the disagreeable odor and, to some extent, the disagreeable flavor.

Let the chemists redistil, purify, deodorize, denarcotize, and degustatize the crude compound, and there will be obtained a safe material, a pure alcohol, to give strength and stability to the sufficiently sweet and acid juice of the wild and immature grape, that consents and delights to grow on every hill and valley of our land.

A small calabash, filled with baste to denarcotize the smoke, is employed for a mouthpiece, and at times the baste serves a double purpose, as in seasons of scarcity the Dinka remove and chew it.

Extracts of coca leaves are used by many of us every day as denarcotized coca leaves in the form of certain cola drinks .

Word Forms

• denarcotizes
• denarcotizing
• denarcotized

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