Both Uses of
sedate
in
The Aeneid
- To whom, with count'nance calm, and soul sedate, Thus Turnus: "Then begin, and try thy fate: My message to the ghost of Priam bear; Tell him a new Achilles sent thee there."†
Book 9 *
- To whom the king sedately thus replied: "Brave youth, the more your valor has been tried, The more becomes it us, with due respect, To weigh the chance of war, which you neglect.†
Book 12 *
Definitions:
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(sedate as in: she is sedate) calm -- possibly also dignified
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(sedate as in: sedate her) make calm or drowsy by giving a drug