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sed·a·tive

(sĕd′ə-tĭv)

adj.

Having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect; reducing or relieving anxiety, stress, irritability, or excitement.

An agent or a drug having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect.

[Middle English, from Old French sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, from Latin sēdātus, past participle of sēdāre, to calm; see sedate¹.]

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sedative

(ˈsɛdətɪv)

adj

1. having a soothing or calming effect

2. (Medicine) of or relating to sedation

(Medicine) med a sedative drug or agent

[C15: from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, from Latin sēdātus assuaged; see sedate¹]

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sed•a•tive

(ˈsɛd ə tɪv)

adj.

1. tending to calm or soothe.

2. assuaging pain or allaying irritability or excitement.

3. a sedative drug or agent.

[1375–1425; (adj.) (< Middle French sédatif) < Medieval Latin sēdātīvus]

sed·a·tive

(sĕd′ə-tĭv)

A drug having a calming or quieting effect, often given to reduce anxiety.

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Noun	1.	sedative - a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person depressant, downer, sedative drug chloral hydrate - a colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative; irritates the stomach and can be addictive drug of abuse, street drug - a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction Doriden, glutethimide - sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug - a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep
Adj.	1.	sedative - tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed" ataractic, ataraxic, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing depressant - capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent

sedative

adjective

1. calming, relaxing, soothing, allaying, anodyne, soporific, sleep-inducing, tranquillizing, calmative, lenitive Amber bath oil has a sedative effect.

noun

1. tranquillizer, narcotic, sleeping pill, opiate, anodyne, calmative, downer or down (slang) They use opium as a sedative.

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sedative

adjective

Inducing sleep or sedation:

hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, slumberous, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, soporific.

noun

Something that induces sleep or sedation:

hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, somnifacient, soporific.

Translations

مُسَكِّن

sedativumutišující

beroligendeberoligende middel

Beruhigungsmittel beruhigend

ηρεμιστικό ηρεμιστικός

sedante

nukuttavarauhoiterauhoittavarauhoittava lääkerauhoituslääke

calmant

sedativ

nyugtatószer

obat penenang

róandi lyf

sedativo

鎮静剤

진정제

kalmerendkalmeringsmiddelslaapmiddel

beroligende beroligende middel

środek uspokajający

sedativo

успокоительное средство

lugnande medel

ยาระงับประสาท

ağrı kesici yatıştırıcıyatıştırıcı/sakinleştirci ilâç

thuốc an thần

镇静剂

sedative

[ˈsedətɪv]

A. ADJ → sedante

B. N → sedante m

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sedative

[ˈsɛdətɪv] n (= medication) → calmant m, sédatif m

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sedative

n → Beruhigungsmittel nt, → Sedativum nt (spec)

adj → beruhigend, sedativ (spec)

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sedative

[ˈsɛdətɪv]

1. adj → calmante, sedativo/a

2. n → sedativo, calmante m

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sedate²

(siˈdeit) verb

to give a sedative. The doctor sedated her with some pills.

sedative (ˈsedətiv) noun, adjective

(a medicine, drug etc) having a soothing or calming effect. This medicine will have a sedative effect.

sedative

→ مُسَكِّن sedativum beroligende middel Beruhigungsmittel ηρεμιστικό sedante rauhoittava lääke calmant sedativ sedativo 鎮静剤 진정제 slaapmiddel beroligende middel środek uspokajający sedativo успокоительное средство lugnande medel ยาระงับประสาท yatıştırıcı thuốc an thần 镇静剂

sed·a·tive

n. calmante, sedante, agente con efectos tranquilizantes.

sedative

adj & n sedante m

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"Look in at him from time to time through the night, and give him another dose of the sedative mixture if he wakes.

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I am a little nervous, and I find my hookah an invaluable sedative." He applied a taper to the great bowl, and the smoke bubbled merrily through the rose-water.

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I put some harmless sedative in your tea that you might sleep soundly, and not awaken until we were well on our way.

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Her paroxysms of exhilaration, followed by a gnawing sense of failure and uselessness, were known to her mother only as "wildness" and "low spirits," to be combated by needlework as a sedative, or beef tea as a stimulant.

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The immense lounge of mats lying between the parallel rows of the trunks of cocoanut trees, and extending the entire length of the house, at least two hundred feet, was covered by the reclining forms of a host of chiefs and warriors who were eating at a great rate, or soothing the cares of Polynesian life in the sedative fumes of tobacco.

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Katharine had to go to the bookcase and choose a portly volume in sleek, yellow calf, which had directly a sedative effect upon both her parents.

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"The action of opium is comprised, in the majority of cases, in two influences--a stimulating influence first, and a sedative influence afterwards.

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The church is calm enough, I am sure; but it might be a steam-power loom in full action, for any sedative effect it has on me.

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His displeasure was expressed in broken sentences, partly muttered to himself, partly addressed to the domestics who stood around; and particularly to his cupbearer, who offered him from time to time, as a sedative, a silver goblet filled with wine ``Why tarries the Lady Rowena?''

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You are of an excitable temper and want a sedative. I am heavier, and should get idle with it.

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He wrote a sedative prescription; and he gave (with a happy choice of language) some sound and safe advice.

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But only experience can show what will have this sedative effect, and it is easy to make mistakes.

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