sedate
Collocations
4VERB + SEDATE
boast, check, lives, tried, wanted
SEDATE + NOUN
judgement, life, proof, skura
PREP.
with
ADV.
firmly, onely
Definitions
adj
Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.
[…] they will rashly huddle up all together, and not admitting the least check of a sedate judgement, publish onely the impetuous dictates of their indiscreet and too precipitant fancie […]
But who like thee can boast a Soul sedate, / So firmly Proof to all the Shocks of Fate?
Not overly ornate or showy.
Sometimes she passed down avenues of sedate mansions, soberly numbered ‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’, and so on right up to two or three hundred, each the copy of the other, with two pillars and six steps and a pair of curtains neatly drawn […]
The shiny carriages of Yankee officers’ wives and newly rich Carpetbaggers splashed mud on the dilapidated buggies of the townspeople, and gaudy new homes of wealthy strangers crowded in among the sedate dwellings of older citizens.
verb
To calm or put (a person) to sleep using a sedative drug.
Though he may have been sedated, he knew I was there, knew who I was, knew I was talking to him.
To make tranquil.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
- calm
- tranquilize
- tranquillize
- tranquillise
adjective — characterized by dignity and propriety
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6[…] they will rashly huddle up all together, and not admitting the least check of a sedate judgement, publish onely the impetuous dictates of their indiscreet and too precipitant fancie […]
WiktionaryBut who like thee can boast a Soul sedate, / So firmly Proof to all the Shocks of Fate?
WiktionaryThe animadverſions of critics are commonly ſuch as may eaſily provoke the ſedateſt vvriter to ſome quickneſs of reſentment and aſperity of reply.
WiktionaryThough he may have been sedated, he knew I was there, knew who I was, knew I was talking to him.
WiktionaryDuring his teens and twenties, Tom was a party animal, but he now lives a sedate life with his wife Mary, and children.
Tatoeba · #3141838Dan tried to attack the psychiatrist, but the orderlies managed to subdue him and sedate him.
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