sedate
To give a sedative to calm them or put them to sleepTo give (a person) a sedative to calm them or put them to sleep; to tranquilize.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To give (a person) a sedative to calm them or put them to sleep; to tranquilize.
sedieren
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
(obsolete, transitive)To make (someone or something) calm or tranquil; to assuage, to calm, to soothe.
Examples
23 sentencesTom has been sedated.
deTom ist ruhiggestellt worden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They have Tom sedated.
I was heavily sedated.
Has Tom been sedated?
I've never been sedated before.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English sedate (“not painful or sore”), and direThe 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]’).
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Forms
sedates, sedating, sedated, sedatedSynonyms
4 synonyms- cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to:calmtranquilizetranquillizetranquillise
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle