tranquillize

Found in thesaurus: console, solace, soothe, comfort, affect

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tranquillize (Amer.)
v. quiet, calm, pacify; become calm; have a calming effect (also tranquillise)

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tranquillize

Verb
1. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
(synonym) calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
(hypernym) comfort, soothe, console, solace
(hyponym) lull
2. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
(synonym) sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillise
(hypernym) affect
(hyponym) hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise
(derivation) tranquilizer, tranquillizer, tranquilliser, antianxiety agent, ataractic drug, ataractic agent, ataractic


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tranquillize (Amer.)
v. uklidnit; uspat

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tranquillize (Amer.)
Czas. podawać środek uspokajający

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Tranquillize
(v. t.)
To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About