sedate
2 08 2008Verbs
1. (verb) calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize;
- cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;
- “The patient must be sedated before the operation”;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) sedate, staid;
- characterized by dignity and propriety;
2. (adj.) grave, sedate, sober, solemn;
- dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;
- “a grave God-fearing man”; “a quiet sedate nature”; “as sober as a judge”; “a solemn promise”; “the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence”;
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