vt. 使麻木, 使麻醉

[ verb ]
administer an anesthetic drug to
<verb.body> anaesthetise anesthetise anesthetize put out put under
The patient must be anesthetized before the operationanesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth

Anaesthetize \An*[ae]s"the*tize\, v. t. (Med.)
To render insensible by an an[ae]sthetic. --Encyc. Brit.

anesthetize \anesthetize\ v.
1. 1 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]