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sedating
We have found lemma(root) word of sedating : sedate.
Definitions
[sɪˈdeɪt], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- calm, dignified, and unhurried
(e.g: in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace)
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Origin
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late Middle English (originally as a medical term meaning ‘not sore or painful’, also ‘calm, tranquil’): from Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’
[sɪˈdeɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- calm (someone) or make them sleep by administering a sedative drug
(e.g: she was heavily sedated)
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Origin
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1960s: back-formation from sedation
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