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Webster 1913 Edition

Sedate

Se-date′

,
Adj.
[L.
sedatus
, p. p. of
sedare
,
sedatum
, to allay, calm, causative of
sedere
to sit. See
Sit
.]
Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid;
as, a
sedate
soul, mind, or temper
.
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and
sedate
temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
I. Watts.
Whatsoever we feel and know
Too
sedate
for outward show.
Wordsworth.
Syn. – Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled; undisturbed; contemplative; sober; serious.
–
Se-date′ly
,
adv.
–
Se-date′ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sedate

SEDA'TE

,
Adj.
[L. sedatus, from sedo, to calm or appease, that is, to set, to cause to subside.] Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled by passion; udisturbed; as a sedate soul, mind or temper. So we say, a sedate look or countenance.

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