2 meanings
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1 —as in:
sedate her
Definition
cause to be calm or drowsy by giving a drug- The patient must be sedated before the operation
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I think it'll work better if we take him back to surgery and sedate him, then put in the IV.Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real
- She's still sedated from the surgery and she's on a ventilator to help her breathe while her body heals from the trauma.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- They'd have me secured and sedated within minutes, and I can't afford to be put under again.Lauren Oliver -- Delirium
- They had to keep you sedated for a while, honey — you've got a lot of injuries.Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- Eve opened her eyes and stared hard at the door behind which Jerry Fitzgerald was mildly sedated.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- He is without fail deeply sedated for this procedure—and remains connected to the doomsday button.Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
- They'd sedated her and taped a patch with some of his blood to the same small, scabbed incision that Dr. Bancroft had made on her arm.Ted Dekker -- White: The Great Pursuit
- I couldn't think, and I was sedated for most of the time I was awake.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- I keep them sedated all the time now.Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
sedate = cause to be calm or drowsy by giving a drug
sedated = calm or drowsy from drugs
2 —as in:
she is sedate
Definition
calm and dignified- a quiet sedate nature
sedate = calm and dignified
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- Leaving their father and me to our quieter, more sedate pleasures, one of which was simple conversation.Alice Walker -- The Color Purple
- (Starts up from down L., walking sedately along Main Street. As she reaches the corner, she speaks off to her R.)Thornton Wilder -- Our Town
- ...it was observed that the giddiest grew pale, and the more aged and sedate passed their hands over their brows as if in confused reverie or meditation.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Masque of the Red Death
- When he sedately tried to explain this and that to Joyce, she said, "Did we bother you this evening?Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
- He added, more sedately, "Do you know one thing, Captain—"Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- Evgenie himself behaved rather more sedately than usual, probably out of respect to the dignitary.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
- He stood for a moment at his own hall door, looking sedately at the elegant equipage as it rattled away.Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- "Not the seniors," said Henry sedately.Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
sedate = calm and dignified
sedate = calm and dignified
sedately = in a calm and dignified manner
sedate = calm and dignified
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