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sedates

sedates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sedate.

Meaning of sedate

Verb

sedate (third-person singular simple present sedates, present participle sedating, simple past and past participle sedated)

  1. (transitive) To give (a person) a sedative to calm them or put them to sleep; to tranquilize.
    • Though he may have been sedated, he knew I was there, knew who I was, knew I was talking to him.1986–1989 (date written), J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, “Part II”, in Age of Iron, London: Martin Secker & Warburg, published September 1990, →OCLC, page 73
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make (someone or something) calm or tranquil; to assuage, to calm, to soothe.
    • Did matter contend with matter, what confusion would it produce? whilst the mind and soul of man sedate the hostility, and bring it to due obedience, as being a power abstracted, a distinct and immaterial principle.a. 1707 (date written), John Evelyn, “Whether there be a Deity and Supreme Being? That there is, […]”, in The History of Religion. A Rational Account of the True Religion. […], volume I, London...
    Synonyms:
    tranquilize

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Questions about sedates

What is sedates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sedates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sedate.

Words near sedates in the dictionary

  1. sedate
  2. sedated
  3. sedately
  4. sedateness
  5. sedater
  6. sedates
  7. sedatest
  8. sedating
  9. sedation
  10. sedationist
  11. sedationists

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