'Sedate' definitions:
Definition of 'sedate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate, staid]
adjective
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn]
verb
Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]
Definition of 'Sedate'
From: GCIDE
- Sedate \Se*date"\, a. [L. sedatus, p. p. of sedare, sedatum, to allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit. See Sit.] Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. [1913 Webster]
- Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled; undisturbed; contemplative; sober; serious. [1913 Webster] -- {Se*date"ly}, adv. -- {Se*date"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sedate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anesthetize,
- aristocratic,
- august,
- calm,
- collected,
- composed,
- controlled,
- conventional,
- cool,
- courtly,
- decorous,
- demure,
- detached,
- dignified,
- dispassionate,
- dope,
- drug,
- earnest,
- entrance,
- even-tempered,
- formal,
- frowning,
- fussy,
- grand,
- grave,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- hypnotize,
- imperturbable,
- imposing,
- kingly,
- long-faced,
- lordly,
- lull to sleep,
- magisterial,
- magnetize,
- majestic,
- mesmerize,
- moderate,
- narcotize,
- no-nonsense,
- noble,
- old-fashioned,
- peaceful,
- placid,
- prim,
- princely,
- proper,
- prudish,
- put to sleep,
- put under,
- queenly,
- refined,
- regal,
- rock to sleep,
- royal,
- seemly,
- serene,
- serious,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- solemn,
- somber,
- staid,
- stately,
- statuesque,
- stiff,
- stone-faced,
- straight-faced,
- strait-laced,
- temperate,
- thoughtful,
- trance,
- tranquil,
- undisturbed,
- unflappable,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- unsmiling,
- venerable,
- weighty,
- worthy