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Meaning of anaesthetise | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize.

UK, alt-of, nonstandard

Examples

“The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus.”
“But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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