adjective
- calm, quiet, and serious in manner or behavior
verb
- to give a sedative drug to someone to make them calm or sleepy
Usage: medical
Examples
- The elderly gentleman had a sedate manner of speaking.
- They lived a sedate lifestyle in the quiet countryside.
- The wedding reception was surprisingly sedate.
- The doctor decided to sedate the anxious patient before surgery.
- The veterinarian had to sedate the aggressive dog.
- She walked at a sedate pace through the garden.
- The medication will sedate you for several hours.