sedate
verb/sɪˈdeɪt/
/sɪˈdeɪt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sedate | /sɪˈdeɪt/ /sɪˈdeɪt/ |
| he / she / it sedates | /sɪˈdeɪts/ /sɪˈdeɪts/ |
| past simple sedated | /sɪˈdeɪtɪd/ /sɪˈdeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle sedated | /sɪˈdeɪtɪd/ /sɪˈdeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form sedating | /sɪˈdeɪtɪŋ/ /sɪˈdeɪtɪŋ/ |
- sedate somebody/something to give somebody drugs in order to make them calm and/or to make them sleep synonym tranquillize
- Most of the patients are heavily sedated.
- A vet was called to sedate the animal.
Word Originverb 1960s: back-formation from sedation.
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