Usually means: Calm, quiet, or induce tranquility.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word Sedate:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sedate: Merriam-Webster
  3. sedate, sedate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sedate, sedate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sedate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sedate: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sedate, sedate: Wordnik
  8. sedate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sedate: Wiktionary
  10. sedate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sedate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sedate: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sedate: Dictionary.com
  14. sedate (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sedate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sedate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. sedate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. sedate: Rhymezone
  19. Sedate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. sedate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. sedate: FreeDictionary.org
  22. sedate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. sedate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. sedate: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sedate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. sedate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sedate: Urban Dictionary

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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.

Similar:
calm, staid, tranquillize, tranquilize, decorous, serious, sober, solemn, grave, silent, more...

Opposite:
agitated, excited, frenzied, intense

Types:
tranquilizer, sleeping pill, sleeping aid, sleeping draught, sleeping potion, sleeping powder, more...

Phrases:
sedate and rational, opposite of sedate, to sedate, more...

Colors:
    slate gray,     taupe,     sage,     mauve,     dusty rose, more...


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Similar:
calm, staid, tranquillize, tranquilize, decorous, serious, sober, solemn, grave, silent, more...

Opposite:
agitated, excited, frenzied, intense

Types:
tranquilizer, sleeping pill, sleeping aid, sleeping draught, sleeping potion, sleeping powder, more...

Phrases:
sedate and rational, opposite of sedate, to sedate, more...

Colors:
    slate gray,     taupe,     sage,     mauve,     dusty rose, more...



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