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   [si-deyt] adjective, verb, -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
adjective
1.
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
verb (used with object)
2.
to put (a person) under sedation.

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Origin:
1640–50; < Latin sēdātus (past participle of sēdāre to allay, quieten); akin to sedēre to sit1

Related forms
se·date·ly, adverb
se·date·ness, noun
un·se·date, adjective
un·se·date·ly, adverb
un·se·date·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. collected, serene, unruffled, unperturbed. See staid.

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  • Greenfield's latest book is much more respectful and sedate.
  • Doris might do best to socialize with students only at public events or sedate dinner parties.
  • China is still in the top ten but will grow at a considerably more sedate pace than in recent years.
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World English Dictionary
sedate1 (sɪˈdeɪt)
 
—adj
1.  habitually calm and composed in manner; serene
2.  staid, sober, or decorous
 
[C17: from Latin sēdāre to soothe; related to sedēre to sit]
 
se'dately1
 
—adv
 
se'dateness1
 
—n

sedate2 (sɪˈdeɪt)
 
—vb
(tr) to administer a sedative to
 
[C20: back formation from sedative]

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Word Origin & History

sedate
1663, from L. sedatus "composed, moderate, quiet, tranquil," pp. of sedare "to settle, calm," causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). The verb meaning "treat with sedatives" is a 1945 back-formation from the noun derivative of sedative (adj.).
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sedate se·date (sĭ-dāt')
v. se·dat·ed, se·dat·ing, se·dates
To administer a sedative to; calm or relieve by means of a sedative drug.

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