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Definition
a drug that calms or puts to sleep; or describing something as calming
- Bessie now endeavoured to persuade her to take a sedative draught: she succeeded with difficulty.Chapter 21 (60% in)
- Having indulged a while in this sedative, she raised her bent body, took the pipe from her lips, and while gazing steadily at the fire, said very deliberately — "You are cold; you are sick; and you are silly."Chapter 19 (10% in)
There are no more uses of "sedative" in Jane Eyre.
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