sedate
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Synonyms: sudate, senate, pedate, sebate, redate, edate, sedat
Antonyms: sudate, senate, pedate, sebate, redate, edate, sedat
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Adjective
- Of a [[person#Noun|person]] or [[animal#Noun|animal]], or their [[behavior|behaviour]]: [[calm#Adjective|calm]] and [[composed#Adjective|composed]] (often in a [[dignified#Adjective|dignified]] [[manner#Noun|manner]]), and [[avoid]]ing or [[unaffected#Adjective|unaffected]] by [[activity]] or [[excitement]].
- {{lb|en|by extension}}
Verb
- {{senseid|en|to give a sedative}}{{lb|en|medicine}} To [[give#Verb|give]] (a [[person#Noun|person]]) a [[sedative#Noun|sedative]] to [[calm#Verb|calm]] them or [[put#Verb|put]] them [[put to sleep|to sleep]]; to [[tranquilize]].
- {{senseid|en|to make calm}}{{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[make#Verb|make]] (someone or something) [[calm#Adjective|calm]] or [[tranquil]]; to [[assuage]], to calm, to [[soothe]]. {{defdate|from mid 17th c.}}
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