Sedate

Definition: Sedate

Sedate

Adjective

1. Characterized by dignity and propriety.

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".

Verb

1. Cause to be calm or quiet; "The patient must be sedated before the operation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sedate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Sedate \Se*date"\, adjective. [Latin expression sedatus, past participle of sedare, sedatum, to allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit. See Sit.]. (references)

Synonyms: Sedate

Dejection

Serious, sedate, staid, stayed; grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot; sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure; grim; grim-faced, grim-visaged; rueful, wan, long-faced.

Excitability

Adjective: inexcitable, unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible; (insensible); unpassionate, dispassionate; cold-blooded, irritable; enduring; Verb: stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed; sober, sober minded; grave; sober as a judge, grave as a judge; sedate, demure, cool-headed.

Thought

Adjective: thinking; Verb: thoughtful, pensive, meditative, reflective, museful, wistful, contemplative, speculative, deliberative, studious, sedate, introspective, Platonic, philosophical.

Crosswords: Sedate

Books

• Jennifer Lorn: a Sedate Extravaganza (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The state of war is a state of enmity and destruction: and therefore declaring by word or action, not a passionate and hasty, but a sedate settled design upon another man's life, puts him in a state of war with him against whom he has declared such an intention, and so has exposed his life to the other's power to be taken away by him, or any one that joins with him in his defence, and espouses his quarrel; it being reasonable and just, I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction, For by the fundamental law of nature, man being to be preserved, as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred: and one may destroy a man who makes war upon him, or has discovered an enmity to his being, for the same reason that he may kill a wolf or a lyon; because such men are not under the ties of the commonlaw of reason, have no other rule, but that of force and violence, and so may be treated as beasts of prey, those dangerous and noxious creatures, that will be sure to destroy him whenever he falls into their power. (Second Treatise of Government)

If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control upon the thoughts of men; if all British moral and material forces and convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high-roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time, but for a century to come. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

GHB is a central nervous system depressant that can relax or sedate the body. At higher doses it can slow breathing and heart rate to dangerous levels. (references)

Because some club drugs are colorless, tasteless, and odorless, they can be added unobtrusively to beverages by individuals who want to intoxicate or sedate others. (references)

Children

Moldova

Observers allege that women begging on the streets of Chisinau often sedate their babies in order to spend long hours begging without having to take time out to attend to their babies' needs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i përmbajtur (aloof, composed, continent, controlled, cool-headed, decent, demure, discreet, even tempered, modest, passionless, restrained, self-collected, sober minded, staid, stand off, strange, temperate, unaffable, undemonstrative). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متزن (grave, self possessed, sober, solemn), ‏وقور (lordly, magisterial, proper, serious, sober, solemn, staid, thoughtful), ‏سكن الألم (allay), ‏أعطى أدوية مهدئة, ‏رزين (calm, demure, grave, level, level headed, matronly, portentous, serious, sober, sober minded, staid, stoical), ‏رصين (calm, equable, equal, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, solid, staid, steady, thoughtful). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уравновесен (balanced, equable, equal, equiponderant, even, even tempered, even-minded, level, level headed, settled, smooth, sober minded, well balanced), улегнал (composed, mellow, settled, staid), сериозен (earnest, grave, heavy, intent, prayerful, sad, sage, serious, sober, solemn, somber, sombre, staid, steady, straight), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), невъзмутим (doubtless, immovable, impassible, imperturbable, unabashed, unblinking, unflappable, unperturbed, unruffled), давам успокоително лекарство на, давам седативно лекарство на. (various references)

Chinese 

沉着 (Aplomb, sedated, sedately, self-possessed). (various references)

Czech

usedlý (portly, resident, residential, staid), rozvážný (calm, circumspect, collected, deliberate, discreet, politic, responsible, serene, sober), klidný (calm, collected, composed, cool, easy, halcyon, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, self possessed, serene, silent, smooth, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed), dávat sedativa. (various references)

Farsi 

ملایم (Benign, Bland, Breezy, Clement, Downy, Easy, Equable, Gentle, Kindly, Lenient, Meek, Mild, Moderate, Smooth, Soft, Suave), موقر (Demure, Grave, Sober, Solemn, Staid), متین (Demure, Douce, Placid, Serene, Sober), تسکین دهنده (Pacifier, Sooth), جدی (Bonafide, Demure, Drastic, Earnest, Energetic, Grand, Rigid, Serious, Solemn, Stickler, Uncanny), ارام (Bland, Calm, Daft, Douce, Gentle, Hush, Imperturbable, Moderate, Pacific, Peaceable, Peaceful, Placid, Quiet, Serene, Silent, Staid, Taciturn, Tranquil, Unblenched, Unruffled, Whist). (various references)

French

réfléchi (serious), posé, mettre sous sédation, donner des sédatifs, calme (serenity). (various references)

German

gesetzt (earnest, firm, mellow, seated, sedately, serious, setting, sober, solid, staid, stated). (various references)

Greek 

σοβαρόσ (burning, demure, earnest, grave, important, matronal, matronly, saturnine, serious, sober, solemn, staid), ήσυχοσ (calm, placid, quiescent, quiet, still, tranquil, uneventful, windless), ατάραχοσ (composed, cool, imperturbable, self possessed, stolid, unabashed, unperturbed, unruffled), δίνω ηρεμιστικά. (various references)

Hebrew 

שקט ור�'וע. (various references)

Hungarian

nyugodt (calm, calm-glassy, comfortable, composed, good tempered, good-tempered, imperturbable, in all conscience, leisurely, level-headed, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reassured, relaxed, secure, self possessed, serene, staid, still, stilly, to be at ease, tranquil, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled), komoly (businesslike, earnest, grave, serious, sincere, sober-minded, solemn, staid, stern), higgadt (collected, composed, cool-headed, demure, even tempered, grave, impassible, imperturbable, level headed, level-headed, moderate, philosophical, placid, quiescent, self possessed, self-collected, self-possessed, serene, sober, sober-blooded, staid, unperturbed). (various references)

Italian

somministrare sedativi, posato (composed, settled, steady), pacato, calmo (calm, composed, cool, equal, even tempered, halcyon, passionless, peaceable, quiet, serene, settled, silent, silently, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited). (various references)

Korean 

침착한. (various references)

Manx

staydoil (ceremonious, lordly, pompous, portly, stately), kiunaghey (allay, appease, appeasement, becalm, calm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacification, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, sedation, soothe, steady down, tranquillization, tranquillize). (various references)

Pig Latin

edatesay.(various references)

Portuguese

sossegado (calm, half-light, pacific, peaceable, peace-loving, placid, quiescent, quiet, restful, sequestered, serene, silent, sober-blooded, still, stilly, tranquil), sério (abstemious, austere, convinced, demure, earnest, fair, important, respectable, serious, severe, single-eyed, single-minded, sober, solemn, staid, stern, straight, straightaway, straightforward, temperate, thoughtful), tranquilo (calm, cool-headed, deep-seated, easeful, even-minded, half-light, orderly, pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, piping, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, rested, restful, self-collected, self-possessed, settled, smooth, sober-blooded, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcerned, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred), refletido (advised, collected, reflective, staid, thought about), ponderado (considerate, cool, prudent, sober-minded, wary), composto (composed, compost, compound, decent, serious), calmo (calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, imperturbable, irresponsive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, philosophic, philosophical, phlegmatic, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled). (various references)

Romanian

serios (appreciable, demure, earnest, earnestly, genuine, grave, gravely, grievously, important, in earnest, in good earnest, intimate, matronal, minded, reliable, sad, serious, serious minded, seriously, seriousness, severe, sober, solemn, solid, staid, steady, stern, valid, weighty, well-conducted), potolit (becalmed, calm, dim, mellow, quiet, relieved, sober, still, undisturbed), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), aşezat (reliable, seated, serious, seriously, situated, sober, sober minded, staid, steady, wise). (various references)

Russian 

степенный (douce, grave, staid). (various references)

Scottish

stòlda (quelled, staid), forasda. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

staložen (calm, composed, orderly, poised, settled, staid), smiren (appeased, calm, even tempered, serene, steady). (various references)

Spanish

sosegado (appeased, calm, composed, relaxed, restful, tranquil), sentado (seated, sejant, sitting, slow, thoughtful), sedar. (various references)

Swedish

stillsam (quiet). (various references)

Thai

เงียบสงบ (halcyon), ช้า ((as) mad as a hatter, cockeyed, gaga, gonzo, kooky, loco, loonie, loony, lunatic, madden, maddening, maddeningly, madding, meshuga, meshugah, radge), ทำให้เงียบ (hush, hush up, silence). (various references)

Turkish

sakinleştirici ilaç vermek, sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), yatıştırıcı vermek, uslu (docile, good, quiet, squeezable, tame, well-behaved), oturaklı (foursquare, seated, seater, sound, well settled), ciddi (austere, businesslike, capital, critical, demure, devout, earnest, eventful, forbidding, grave, gut, important, momentous, mortally, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, staid, starched, unsmiling), aklı başında (all there, clear headed, collected, compos mentis, in one's right mind, judicious, level headed, lucid, of sound mind, sane, sober minded), ağırbaşlı (austere, calm, demure, dignified, earnest, graceful, grand, imperturbable, matronly, only, sage, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, staid). (various references)

Ukrainian

статечний (personable, settled), скромний (bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, decent, demure, discreet, humble, lowly, maidenlike, maidenly, modest, nice, quiet, retiring, simple, spare, unobtrusive), нерухомий (fixed, immobile, immovable, motionless, moveless, quiet, real estate, set, stationary, still, unmoved). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trầm tĩnh (sober-minded, staid, unruffled), bình thản (dispassionate, even-minded, even-tempered). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sedate": sedated, sedately, sedateness, sedatenesses, sedater, sedates, sedatest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sedate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Edata, Esdale, esediye, redate, sadats, Sandgatte, savate, seate, seatee, seatek, seatle, Secafe, secate, sedater, sedite, Sedjadeh, Sekaten, sendeth, sepate, serate, Siadatan, Sidati, Siddarth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: seated, teased.

-1 letter: aedes, dates, deets, eased, sated, setae, stade, stead, steed, tease, tsade.

-2 letters: ates, date, dees, deet, ease, east, eats, etas, sade, sate, seat, seed, seta, tads, teas, teds, teed, tees.

-3 letters: ads, ate, dee, eat, eds, eta, sad, sae, sat, sea, see, set, tad, tae, tas, tea, ted, tee.

-4 letters: ad, ae, as, at.

+1 letter: bestead, deadest, deafest, dearest, debates, defeats, delates, derates, estated, feasted, headset, ideates, redates, sauteed, sedated, sedater, sedates, standee, steaded, steamed, sweated, yeasted.

+2 letters: absented, adeptest, adoptees, andesite, andesyte, arrested, assented, asserted, attested, basseted, beadiest, bedmates, bedstead, besteads, bethesda, breasted, caseated, casketed, dateless, dealates, debaters, deflates, demasted, desalted, desalter, desolate, detaches, detassel, deviates, dewaters, diabetes, draftees, educates, endostea, estrayed, exudates, fastened, gestated, hastened, headiest, headrest, headsets, jadeites, jetbeads, leadiest, mastered, mediates, nakedest, pederast, pedestal, predates, readiest, repasted, reseated, reslated, restaged, restated, retasted, retreads, sacheted, safetied, sedately, sedatest, sedative, sensated, seriated, serrated, sheathed, stampede, standees, stapedes, steadied, steadier, steadies, stepdame, streaked, streamed, tarweeds, tasseled, teaseled, trapesed, treaders, treadles, unseated.