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sedate
CEFRB2
/sɪˈdeɪt/
adjective · verb
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Calm, quiet, and not excited.
- 02
verb
To give someone a drug that makes them calm or sleepy.
Examples
The doctor gave a mild drug to sedate the agitated patient.
Yanni tried to sedate Skura.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf an object, particularly a building: not overly ornate or showy; not having a strong colour or design.
Of writing: not emotional; calm, composed.
Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.
More examples
In contextYanni wanted to sedate Skura.
But vvhen […] vvilfulneſs [in a child] evidently ſhevvs it ſelf, and makes Blovvs neceſſary, I think the Chaſtiſement ſhould be a little more Sedate and a little more Severe, […]
Virgil vvas of a quiet, ſedate Temper; Homer vvas violent, impetuous, and full of Fire.
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Origin
adjective
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English sedate (“not painful or sore”), and directly from its etymon Latin sēdātus (“calm, quiet, composed”), participial adjective from sēdō (“to allay, appease, calm, settle; to end, stop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Compare English -ate (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the thing specified]’). The verb is partly derived from sēdāt-, a participial stem of sēdō (verb sense 2—“to make (someone or something) calm”; see above), and partly a back-formation from sedation (verb sense 1—“to give (a person) a sedative”) + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). It is first attested slightly later than the adject...