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adj
Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
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noun
gerund of tranquilize
The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
gerund of tranquilize
The act of making someone or something tranquil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of tranquilize
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
tending to soothe or tranquilize
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising
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History
Etymology tree English tranquilize Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English tranquilizing From tranquilize + -ing.
