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sedate 音標拼音: [sɪd'et] a. 沉著的,鎮靜的,安靜的
vt. 給…服鎮靜劑 沈著的,鎮靜的,安靜的給…服鎮靜劑 sedate adj 1: characterized by dignity and propriety [ synonym: { sedate}, { staid}] 2: 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" [ synonym: { grave}, { sedate}, { sober}, { solemn}] v 1: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; " The patient must be sedated before the operation" [ synonym: { sedate}, { calm}, { tranquilize}, { tranquillize}, { tranquillise}] [ ant: { arouse}, { brace}, { energise}, { energize}, { perk up}, { stimulate}] 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] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " sedate": 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
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