Sedate
adjective
Calm, quiet, and not easily excited or disturbed.
He remained sedate under pressure.
Often appears as...
- sedate atmosphere
- sedate pace
verb
To give a drug to a person or animal in order to make them calm or send them to sleep.
The doctor sedated the patient before the operation.
Often appears as...
- sedate a patient
- heavily sedated
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Calm, quiet, and not easily excited or disturbed.
He remained sedate under pressure.
Often appears as...
- sedate atmosphere
- sedate pace
verb
To give a drug to a person or animal in order to make them calm or send them to sleep.
The doctor sedated the patient before the operation.
Often appears as...
- sedate a patient
- heavily sedated
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Control
Implies self-restraint and the ability to maintain composure in various situations.
Despite the chaos, her sedate response was remarkable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Boring
'Sedate' suggests calmness without necessarily being dull or uninteresting.
The sedate party still offered fascinating conversations.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Setting
Often associated with formal or serious settings that require composed behavior.
The dinner was sedate, befitting the ambassador’s visit.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Control
Implies self-restraint and the ability to maintain composure in various situations.
Despite the chaos, her sedate response was remarkable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Boring
'Sedate' suggests calmness without necessarily being dull or uninteresting.
The sedate party still offered fascinating conversations.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Setting
Often associated with formal or serious settings that require composed behavior.
The dinner was sedate, befitting the ambassador’s visit.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Control
Implies self-restraint and the ability to maintain composure in various situations.
Despite the chaos, her sedate response was remarkable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Boring
'Sedate' suggests calmness without necessarily being dull or uninteresting.
The sedate party still offered fascinating conversations.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Setting
Often associated with formal or serious settings that require composed behavior.
The dinner was sedate, befitting the ambassador’s visit.
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Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
time in life going through to the bush and and visiting and being a guide before you'll see a sighting like what we've just witnessed that amazing kind of rush in from these lepers you can see look at him he's up there now what's interesting is this is the second kill he's stolen sedating on a stole her son
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It's OK to feel...
And for many of us who were anxious children -- and I was an anxious child -- we learned at an early age that we could sedate ourselves with our curiosity and with our play, and then, usually around adolescence, the world taught us that there were faster and more immediate ways
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Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
found that the venom is a very specific chemical weapon. It doesn't kill the roach, nor does it sedate it. The roach could walk away or fly or run if it chose to, but it doesn't choose to, because the venom nixes its motivation to walk, and only that.
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How do drugs affect the...
to inhibit neural activity putting the person in a relaxed or sedated state. What about illegal or elicit drugs? These have powerful impacts on the brain that we're still trying to understand. Crystal meth, an amphetamine,
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How does anesthesia...
It was best known as a recreational drug until doctors started to realize that people sometimes didn't notice injuries they received under the influence. In the 1840s, they started sedating patients with ether
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Saving an Elephant from...
He needs to sedate the elephant, so that the snare can be safely removed. Guys, we are ready. We go help the elephant. This is good. I'm happy now the vet's here.
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Just How BIG are...
He's been sedated while the team attach a radio transmitter. That's remarkable. As the animal's breathing you can hear the air resonating around that huge nose.
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The era of higher ideals...
he was very heavily sedated and I went over to him and I kissed him on the head and I whispered in his ear I said to him Bob I love you I said Bob you are the
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For When you Need a Good...
He needs to sedate the elephant, so that the snare can be safely removed. Guys, we are ready. We go help the elephant.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
he needs to sedate the elephant so that the snail can be safely removed guys we are ready we go have the elephant this
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Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
time in life going through to the bush and and visiting and being a guide before you'll see a sighting like what we've just witnessed that amazing kind of rush in from these lepers you can see look at him he's up there now what's interesting is this is the second kill he's stolen sedating on a stole her son
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
And for many of us who were anxious children -- and I was an anxious child -- we learned at an early age that we could sedate ourselves with our curiosity and with our play, and then, usually around adolescence, the world taught us that there were faster and more immediate ways
Video examples
Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
found that the venom is a very specific chemical weapon. It doesn't kill the roach, nor does it sedate it. The roach could walk away or fly or run if it chose to, but it doesn't choose to, because the venom nixes its motivation to walk, and only that.
Video examples
How do drugs affect the...
to inhibit neural activity putting the person in a relaxed or sedated state. What about illegal or elicit drugs? These have powerful impacts on the brain that we're still trying to understand. Crystal meth, an amphetamine,
Video examples
How does anesthesia...
It was best known as a recreational drug until doctors started to realize that people sometimes didn't notice injuries they received under the influence. In the 1840s, they started sedating patients with ether
Video examples
Saving an Elephant from...
He needs to sedate the elephant, so that the snare can be safely removed. Guys, we are ready. We go help the elephant. This is good. I'm happy now the vet's here.
Video examples
Just How BIG are...
He's been sedated while the team attach a radio transmitter. That's remarkable. As the animal's breathing you can hear the air resonating around that huge nose.
Video examples
The era of higher ideals...
he was very heavily sedated and I went over to him and I kissed him on the head and I whispered in his ear I said to him Bob I love you I said Bob you are the
Video examples
For When you Need a Good...
He needs to sedate the elephant, so that the snare can be safely removed. Guys, we are ready. We go help the elephant.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
he needs to sedate the elephant so that the snail can be safely removed guys we are ready we go have the elephant this
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Quote examples
Anna Deavere Smith
American Actress
Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?
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Shannon Miller
American Athlete
Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.
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Garry Trudeau
American Cartoonist
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
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Horace
Roman Poet
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Charlie Haden
American Musician
You can't be at your full creative power if you are sedated.
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Anna Deavere Smith
American Actress
Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?
Quote examples
Shannon Miller
American Athlete
Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.
Quote examples
Garry Trudeau
American Cartoonist
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
Quote examples
Horace
Roman Poet
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
Quote examples
Charlie Haden
American Musician
You can't be at your full creative power if you are sedated.
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