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Tranquillize

Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F. tranquilliser.] 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.

Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify.

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tranquillize

vb. (alternative spelling of tranquilize English)

WordNet
tranquillize
  1. v. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate]

  2. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillise] [ant: stimulate]

Usage examples of "tranquillize".

And as she prudently avoided mentioning any thing relative to her knowledge of the Marchese, he had no reason to suppose, even had his mind been sufficiently tranquillized to have reflected, that her story was in the least connected with his own.

The day was still fine, and her feelings being somewhat tranquillized with these meek effusions of devotion, she surveyed the placid face of Nature with a sensation of pleasure.

I should require a Doctor Adelmonte to invent for me some means of breathing freely and tranquillizing my mind, in the fear I have of dying some fine day of suffocation.

Despite competition from traps that guillotine, harpoon, incinerate, and tranquillize, the standard old wood-base snap trap is still considered the most reliable.

Valentine, now a little tranquillized as to her fears for herself, found strength to speak out.

Then, on coming out, she tranquillized Valentine, who had gone to listen, trembling.

Since the boundary has broken down between Adult and Child and the person is overwhelmed by feelings, it is often necessary to give the patient assistance through the administration of either tranquillizing or antidepression drugs, or electric shock therapy.

During this narrative, her deep convulsive sighs frequently drew the attention of Madame La Motte, whose compassion became gradually interested in her behalf, and who now endeavoured to tranquillize her spirits.

Oh for one to have regulated my disorder, and turned to my profit the fleeting beauties of the things around me, and fixed a bound to their sweetness, so that the tides of my youth might have spent themselves upon the conjugal shore, if so be they could not be tranquillized and satisfied within the object of a family, as Thy law appoints, O Lord,-who thus formest the offspring of our death, being able also with a tender hand to blunt the thorns which were excluded from Thy paradise!

Despite competition from traps that guillotine, harpoon, incinerate, and tranquillize, the standard old wood-base snap trap is still considered the most reliable.

He saw her unfocused stare, suspected that she swam in the deep, uncharted waters of tranquillizing drugs.