sedate

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /səˈdeɪt/ UK /sɪˈdeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #22019

Meanings

1

adj
Calm, quiet, and unhurried.

They walked at a sedate pace through the park.
2

verb
To give someone a drug to make them calm or sleepy.

The patient was sedated before the operation.

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Synonyms

1 adj · calm, quiet, and unhurried. calm composed staid

2 verb · to give someone a drug to... tranquilize calm

Word family

Forms sedatedsedatenesssedatessedating

Derived forms nonsedatingoversedateresedatesadittysedatedsedatelysedatenesssedatingunsedate

Related forms sedationsedative

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English sedate (“not painful or sore”), and directly from its etymon Latin sēdātus (“calm, quiet, composed”), participial adjective from sēdō (“to allay, appease, calm, settle; to end, stop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Compare English -ate (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the thing specified]’). The verb is partly derived from sēdāt-, a participial stem of sēdō (verb sense 2—“to make (someone or something) calm”; see above), and partly a back-formation from sedation (verb sense 1—“to give (a person) a se…

*sed- Proto-Indo-European sedate Middle English sēdātus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# sedate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /səˈdeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /sɪˈdeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 22019

## Meanings
1. Calm, quiet, and unhurried.
2. To give someone a drug to make them calm or sleepy.

## Examples
- They walked at a sedate pace through the park.
- The patient was sedated before the operation.

## Derived Forms
- nonsedating
- oversedate
- resedate
- saditty
- sedated
- sedately
- sedateness
- sedating
- unsedate

## Related Forms
- sedation
- sedative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sed-
- Root: sedate
- Root: sēdātus

## Etymology
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English sedate (“not painful or sore”), and directly from its etymon Latin sēdātus (“calm, quiet, composed”), participial adjective from sēdō (“to allay, appease, calm, settle; to end, stop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Compare English -ate (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the thing specified]’). The verb is partly derived from sēdāt-, a participial stem of sēdō (verb sense 2—“to make (someone or something) calm”; see above), and partly a back-formation from sedation (verb sense 1—“to give (a person) a se…

## AI Etymology
The adjective sedate is derived from Late Middle English sedate (“not painful or sore”), and directly from its etymon Latin sēdātus (“calm, quiet, composed”), participial adjective from sēdō (“to allay, appease, calm, settle; to end, stop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Compare English -ate (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the thing specified]’). The verb is partly derived from sēdāt-, a participial stem of sēdō (verb sense 2—“to make (someone or something) calm”; see above), and partly a back-formation from sedation (verb sense 1—“to give (a person) a se… In present-day use, it can mean calm, quiet, and unhurried, or to give someone a drug to make them calm or sleepy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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