Usually means: Inducing calmness, often causing sleep.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedating: Merriam-Webster
  2. sedating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sedating: Vocabulary.com
  4. sedating: Wordnik
  5. sedating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sedating: Wiktionary
  7. sedating: Dictionary.com
  8. Sedating: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. sedating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sedating: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. sedating: Medical dictionary

(Note: See sedate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sedate)

adjective:  (of a person or their behaviour) Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.
adjective:  (of an object, particularly a building) Not overly ornate or showy.
verb:  To calm or put (a person) to sleep using a sedative drug.
verb:  To make tranquil.
▸ Also see sedate


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