sedate
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- v cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
The patient must be sedated before the operation - s characterized by dignity and propriety
- s dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
a quiet sedate nature
- Book launches for works of history are typically sedate, often even boring affairs, but the shouts of "Lie!" and "Slander!" from the agitated crowd suggest that the latest offering .
- Quant opened her London boutique Bazaar in 1955, a sedate era of couture geared to the middle-aged.
- Mukesh is sedate and prefers spending time with his children or catching up on technical journals.