as in: he is sedate Define
calm and dignified
- 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.
- 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
- 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."
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cause to be calm or drowsy by administering a sedative (a drug)
as in: he is sedate
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calm and dignified
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