Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sedate
Participle: sedated
Gerund: sedating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sedate |
| you | sedate |
| he;she;it | sedates |
| we | sedate |
| you | sedate |
| they | sedate |
Perfect
| I | have sedated |
| you | have sedated |
| he;she;it | has sedated |
| we | have sedated |
| you | have sedated |
| they | have sedated |
Past
| I | sedated |
| you | sedated |
| he;she;it | sedated |
| we | sedated |
| you | sedated |
| they | sedated |
Pluperfect
| I | had sedated |
| you | had sedated |
| he;she;it | had sedated |
| we | had sedated |
| you | had sedated |
| they | had sedated |
Future
| I | will sedate |
| you | will sedate |
| he;she;it | will sedate |
| we | will sedate |
| you | will sedate |
| they | will sedate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sedated |
| you | will have sedated |
| he;she;it | will have sedated |
| we | will have sedated |
| you | will have sedated |
| they | will have sedated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sedate |
| you | sedate |
| he;she;it | sedate |
| we | sedate |
| you | sedate |
| they | sedate |
Perfect
| I | have sedated |
| you | have sedated |
| he;she;it | have sedated |
| we | have sedated |
| you | have sedated |
| they | have sedated |
Imperfect
| I | sedated |
| you | sedated |
| he;she;it | sedated |
| we | sedated |
| you | sedated |
| they | sedated |
Pluperfect
| I | had sedated |
| you | had sedated |
| he;she;it | had sedated |
| we | had sedated |
| you | had sedated |
| they | had sedated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sedate |
| you | would sedate |
| he;she;it | would sedate |
| we | would sedate |
| you | would sedate |
| they | would sedate |
Perfect
| I | would have sedated |
| you | would have sedated |
| he;she;it | would have sedated |
| we | would have sedated |
| you | would have sedated |
| they | would have sedated |
Imperative
| you | sedate |
| we | Let's sedate |
| you | sedate |
Verbs conjugated like 'sedate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sedate'
redate,
sudate,
aerate,
bedaze,
bedote,
behate,
belate,
berate,
date,
debate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
- to cause to become more lively and energetic
- benumb, calm down, de-energize, deaden, diminish, hose down, muffle, relax, stifle, suppress, enliven
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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]’).
2. 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 sedative”) + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). It is first attested slightly later than the adjective.
Sample Sentences
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Though he may have been sedated, he knew I was there, knew who I was, knew I was talking to him. [1986–1989 (date written), J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, “Part II”, in Age of Iron, London: Martin Secker & Warburg, published September 1990, →OCLC, page 73:]
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I need something to sedate me / But I can't afford the high / Give me something to help me escape [2012 January 25, “Smells Like a Freakshow”, in Black Waltz, performed by Avatar, Göteborg, Sweden: Gain Music Entertainment, →OCLC:]
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Did matter contend with matter, what confusion would it produce? whilst the mind and soul of man sedate the hostility, and bring it to due obedience, as being a power abstracted, a distinct and immaterial principle. [a. 1707 (date written), John Evelyn, “Whether there be a Deity and Supreme Being? That there is, […]”, in The History of Religion. A Rational Account of the True Religion. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1850, →OCLC, section III, part I (By the Soul of Man), page 53:]