Both Uses of
sedate
in
The Ramayana
- Between the rites some Bráhmans spent The time in learned argument, With ready flow of speech, sedate, And keen to vanquish in debate.†
Book 1 *
- He spoke, and from his ocean bed The righteous(567) monarch heaved his head, And gave, sedate, his calm reply To him whom fate impelled to die: "Not mine, not mine the power," he cried, "To cope with thee in battle tried; But listen to my voice, and seek The worthier foe of whom I speak.†
Book 4
Definition:
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(sedate as in: sedate her) make calm or drowsy by giving a drug