Sedate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sedate \Se*date"\, a. [L. sedatus, p. p. of sedare, sedatum, to
     allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit. See {Sit}.]
     Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene;
     not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul,
     mind, or temper.
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           Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and
           sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate
           truth.                                   --I. Watts.
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           Whatsoever we feel and know
           Too sedate for outward show.             --Wordsworth.
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     Syn: Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene;
          unruffled; undisturbed; contemplative; sober; serious.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Se*date"ly}, adv. -- {Se*date"ness},
          n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sedate
       adj 1: characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: {staid}]
       2: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to
          keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet
          sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise";
          "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: {grave},
           {sober}, {solemn}]
       v : cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;
           "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn:
           {calm}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillize}, {tranquillise}]
           [ant: {stimulate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "sedate":
     anesthetize, aristocratic, august, calm, collected, composed,
     controlled, conventional, cool, courtly, decorous, demure,
     detached, dignified, dispassionate, dope, drug, earnest, entrance,
     even-tempered, formal, frowning, fussy, grand, grave, grim,
     grim-faced, grim-visaged, hypnotize, imperturbable, imposing,
     kingly, long-faced, lordly, lull to sleep, magisterial, magnetize,
     majestic, mesmerize, moderate, narcotize, no-nonsense, noble,
     old-fashioned, peaceful, placid, prim, princely, proper, prudish,
     put to sleep, put under, queenly, refined, regal, rock to sleep,
     royal, seemly, serene, serious, sober, sober-minded, sobersided,
     solemn, somber, staid, stately, statuesque, stiff, stone-faced,
     straight-faced, strait-laced, temperate, thoughtful, trance,
     tranquil, undisturbed, unflappable, unperturbed, unruffled,
     unsmiling, venerable, weighty, worthy