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se⋅date

  [si-deyt] adjective, verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1640–50; < L sēdātus (ptp. of sēdāre to allay, quieten); akin to sedēre to sit 1

Related forms:
se⋅date⋅ly, adverb
se⋅date⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. collected, serene, unruffled, unperturbed. See staid.
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se·date 1   (sĭ-dāt')   
adj.  Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner. See Synonyms at serious.

[Latin sēdātus, past participle of sēdāre, to settle, calm; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
se·date'ly adv., se·date'ness n.
se·date 2   (sĭ-dāt')   
tr.v.   se·dat·ed, se·dat·ing, se·dates
To administer a sedative to; calm or relieve by means of a sedative drug.

[Back-formation from sedative and sedation.]
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Word Origin & History

sedate  (adj.)
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.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: se·date
Pronunciation: si-'dAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: se·dat·ed; se·dat·ing
: to dose with sedatives
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Medical Dictionary

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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