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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
sedate
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to - The patient must be sedated before the operation • Syn: calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise • Ant: stimulate • Derivationally related forms: tranquilliser (for: tranquillise), tranquillizer (for: tranquillize), tranquilizer (for: tranquilize), calm (for: calm), sedative, sedation • Hypernyms: affect • Hyponyms: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody
1. characterized by dignity and propriety (Freq. 1) • Syn: staid • Similar to: decorous • Derivationally related forms: staidness (for: staid), sedateness 2. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises - 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 • Syn: grave, sober, solemn • Similar to: serious • Derivationally related forms: solemness (for: solemn), solemnity (for: solemn), soberness (for: sober), sedateness, graveness (for: grave), gravity (for: grave)
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