sih deIt
adjective
1. composed and dignified.
The police had prepared for a disruptive protest, not this sedate gathering of concerned citizens.
The bride’s father is normally a boisterous character, but he was quite sedate throughout the wedding today.
2. slow-paced.
The coffin is borne to the burial ground in a sedate procession.
transitive verb
to give a drug to so as to tranquilize or cause a sleeping state.
The patient was sedated before she was brought into the operating room.
The veterinarian sedated the lion so that it could be tagged with a radio collar.