tranquillizing

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tranquillizing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tranquilizing \Tran"quil*i`zing\, Tranquillizing
  \Tran"quil*li`zing\, a.
     Making tranquil; calming. " The tranquilizing power of time."
     --Wordsworth. -- Tran"quil*i`zing*ly or
     Tran"quil*li`zing*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

  Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v.
     t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F.
     tranquilliser.]
     To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to
     make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed
     by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify.
          [1913 Webster] Tranquilizer

tranquillizing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tranquillizing
      adj 1: tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a
             tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative
             properties before going to bed" [syn: ataractic,
             ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing,
             tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising]