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se·date
 sedate
- pronunciation:
- sih
deIt
- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
composed and dignified.
The bride's father is normally a boisterous character, but he was quite sedate throughout the wedding today.- synonyms:
- calm, collected, composed, impassive, sober, tranquil
- antonyms:
- agitated, boisterous, emotional, unrestrained
- similar words:
- cool, even-tempered, imperturbable, level, placid, self-possessed, serene, serious, still, unruffled
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| definition 2: |
slow-paced.
The coffin is borne to the burial ground in a sedate procession. |
| related words: |
quiet, sober, staid |
| contrasting words: |
excitable, nervous, stormy, violent |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
sedated, sedates, sedating |
| definition: |
to give a drug to so as to tranquilize or cause a sleeping state.
The patient was sedated before she was brought into the operating room.The veterinarian sedated the lion so that it could be tagged with a radio collar.- synonyms:
- tranquilize
- similar words:
- calm, drug, medicate, narcotize, opiate, stupefy
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| derivations: |
sedately (adv.), sedateness (n.) |
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