0 past simple and past participle of anaesthetize
1 to give anaesthetic (= a substance that makes you unable to feel pain) to a person or animal:
The doctor anaesthetized my eye and gave me some eye drops which are helping a lot.
Why have you not anaesthetized the patient and cleaned her wounds?
The bear was shot with a dart to anaesthetize and sedate her so she could be transported to the forest preserve.
