sedate

  • 21sedate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. staid, calm, inexcitable, serious, dignified, serene, demure, decorous, composed. See inexcitability. Ant., agitated, excitable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. composed, unruffled, serious, sober; see… …

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  • 22sedate — se·date || sɪ deɪt v. calm, quiet; administer a sedative drug adj. calm, quiet, serene; composed, staid …

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  • 23sedate — 1) seated 2) teased …

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  • 24sedate — sedate1 adjective 1》 calm and unhurried. 2》 staid and rather dull. Derivatives sedately adverb sedateness noun Origin ME (also as a medical term in the sense not sore or painful ): from L. sedatus, sedare settle , from sedere sit . sedate2 verb… …

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  • 25sedate — a. Calm, composed, collected, quiet, placid, serene, tranquil, still, unruffled, undisturbed, settled, imperturbable, sober, serious, staid, demure, cool, philosophical, contemplative, grave, thoughtful …

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  • 26sedate — adj 1. calm, quiet, serene, collected, Inf. together, self possessed, unruffled, unperturbed; cool, self controlled, passionless, impassive, detached, even tempered, imperturable, unexcitable, unflappable. 2. staid, proper, decorous, dignified,… …

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  • 27sedate — se·date …

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  • 28sedate — se•date [[t]sɪˈdeɪt[/t]] adj. v. dat•ed, dat•ing 1) calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed 2) med cvb to put under sedation • Etymology: 1640–50; < L sēdātus, ptp. of sēdāre to calm, allay; akin to sedēre to sit se•date′ly, adv. se•date′ness, n …

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  • 29sedate — /səˈdeɪt / (say suh dayt) adjective 1. calm, quiet, or composed; sober; undisturbed by passion or excitement. –verb (t) (sedated, sedating) 2. to calm or put to sleep by means of sedatives. {Latin sēdātus, past participle, calmed} –sedately,… …

  • 30sedate —   Kūo o, no eno e …

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