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as in: he is sedate Define
calm and dignified
- …so lately it had been,—saw him honourably released from his former engagement, saw him instantly profiting by the release, to address herself and declare an affection as tender, as constant as she had ever supposed it to be,—she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity;— and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.
- a quiet sedate nature
- Leaving their father and me to our quieter, more sedate pleasures, one of which was simple conversation.Alice Walker -- The Color Purple
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as in: sedate him Define
cause to be calm or drowsy by administering a sedative (a drug)
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