Definition of "sedate" [se•date]

• Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner. See Synonyms at serious. (adjective)
• To administer a sedative to; calm or relieve by means of a sedative drug. (verb-transitive)

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• "The town could be described as "sedate", and McFallow was in the business of sedation."
• "Today those young men gathered under the tutelage of their fathers and grandfathers in sedate quiet as the fights began."
• "They were supposed to quietly live out their lives in sedate seclusion."