sedate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
    tranquilize; tranquillize; calm; tranquillise.
    • The patient must be sedated before the operation
  2. adjective satellite characterized by dignity and propriety
    staid.
  3. adjective satellite dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
    sober; solemn; grave.
    • a grave God-fearing man
    • a quiet sedate nature
    • as sober as a judge
    • a solemn promise
    • the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence

WordNet

Se*date" adjective
Etymology
L. sedatus, p. p. of sedare, sedatum, to allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit. See Sit.
Definitions
  1. Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
    Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. I. Watts.
    Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. Wordsworth.
    Syn. -- Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled; undisturbed; conteplative; sober; serious. -- Se*date"ly, adv. -- Se*date"ness, n.

Webster 1913