Tranquillize
['træŋkwəlaɪz]
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Calm, quiet, still, compose, lull, hush, quell, lay, allay, pacify, soothe, appease, assuage, moderate, make tranquil.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Calm, quiet, appease, pacify, allay, assuage, soothe,[SeeLOYAL_and_PERFIDIOUS]
Checker: Marie
Examples
- And let us tranquillize ourselves by making a compact. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thus tranquillized and cherished she at last slumbered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Eleemosynary relief never yet tranquillized the working-classes--it never made them grateful; it is not in human nature that it should. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They elevated me from all littleness of feeling; and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillized it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Mr. Sympson was appeased and his family tranquillized. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His tranquillity tranquillized Shirley; his confidence reassured her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Molly