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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

sedate
    adj 1: characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate,
           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,
       sedate, sober, solemn]
    v 1: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative
         to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
         [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize,
         tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise,
         energize, perk up, stimulate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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Thesaurus Results for Sedate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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