sedate
/səˈdeɪt/ verb C1- To give (a person) a sedative to calm them or put them to sleep; to tranquilize.
He/she/it sedates · Past sedated · Past participle sedated · -ing form sedating
Verb forms
- Base form
- sedate
- He/she/it
- sedates
- Past
- sedated
- Past participle
- sedated
- -ing form
- sedating
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The girl, after leaving her entertainer, sped swiftly cross-town until she arrived at a handsome and sedate mansion two squares to the east, facing on that avenue which is the highway of Mammon and the auxiliary gods.
Jane looked a little paler than usual, but more sedate than Elizabeth had expected.
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