Definitions
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
Word origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English sedate (“not painful or sore”), and directly from its etymon Latin sēdātus (“calm, quiet, composed”), participial adjective from sēdō (“to allay, appease, calm, settle; to end, stop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Compare English -ate (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the thing specified]’).
Used in a sentence
“But vvhen […] vvilfulneſs [in a child] evidently ſhevvs it ſelf, and makes Blovvs neceſſary, I think the Chaſtiſement ſhould be a little more Sedate and a little more Severe, […]”
“Virgil vvas of a quiet, ſedate Temper; Homer vvas violent, impetuous, and full of Fire.”
“But vvho like thee can boaſt a Soul sedate, / So firmly Proof to all the Shocks of Fate?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Calm and composed”6 letters
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