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The definition of sedate is a calm, reserved person.

(adjective)

An example of a sedate person is someone being very serious while giving an interview.

Sedate is defined as to make calm or sleepy.

(verb)

An example of to sedate is giving a person a tranquilizer.

See sedate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

calm, quiet, or composed; esp., serious and unemotional; staid; decorous

Origin: L sedatus, pp. of sedare, to settle, caus. of sedere, to sit

Related Forms:

sedately adverb
sedateness noun

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transitive verb sedated, sedating

to dose with a sedative
to make calm or sleepy

Origin: back-form. < sedative

See sedate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner. See Synonyms at serious.

Origin:

Origin: Latin sēdātus

Origin: , past participle of sēdāre, to settle, calm; see sed- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

se·dateˈly adverb

se·dateˈness noun

transitive verb se·dat·ed, se·dat·ing, se·dates

To administer a sedative to; calm or relieve by means of a sedative drug.

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from sedative

Origin: and sedation

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