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Definition of sedate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

sedate

 verb
verb
NAmE//sɪˈdeɪt//
 
[often passive] sedate somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they sedate
 
 he / she / it sedates
 
 past simple sedated
 
 -ing form sedating
 
 
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to give someone drugs in order to make them calm or to make them sleep synonym tranquilize Most of the patients are heavily sedated. A vet was called to sedate the animal.
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