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Sedated definition: mentally calmed or in a state of lowered physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug. See examples of SEDATED used in a sentence.
Definition of sedate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a sedate family occasion a sedate, sober man Word Origin adjective late Middle English (originally as a medical term meaning ‘not sore or painful’, also ‘calm, tranquil’): from Latin sedatus , past participle of sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’.
Definition of sedate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of SEDATED is being in a calm, relaxed state resulting from or as if from the effect of a sedative drug : affected by or experiencing sedation. How to use sedated in a sentence.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sedate se‧date 1 / sɪˈdeɪt / adjective 1 ORDINARY calm, serious, and formal a sedate seaside town The wedding was rather a sedate occasion. 2 SLOW formal moving slowly and calmly We continued our walk at a sedate pace. — sedately adverb Examples from the Corpus sedate • Everybody downtown ...
sedate somebody/something to give somebody drugs in order to make them calm and/or to make them sleep synonym tranquillize Most of the patients are heavily sedated. A vet was called to sedate the animal.
