sedate

2 08 2008

Verbs
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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