<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>nar·co·tized, nar·co·tiz·ing.<ul><li>To subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.</li><li>To make dull; stupefy; deaden the awareness of: <em>He had used liquor to narcotize his anxieties.</em></li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To act as a narcotic: a remedy that does not heal but merely narcotizes.</li></ul>