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tranquilizing


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tranquilizing  \Tran"quil*i`zing\,  Tranquillizing 
  \Tran"quil*li`zing\,  a. 
  Making  tranquil;  calming.  ``  The  tranquilizing  power  of 
  time.''  --Wordsworth.  --  {Tran"quil*i`zing*ly}  or 
  {Tran"quil*li`zing*ly},  adv 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tranquilize  \Tran"quil*ize\,  Tranquillize  \Tran"quil*lize\,  v. 
  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tranquilized}or  {Tranquilliized};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Tranquilizing}or  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tranquilizing 
  adj  :  tending  to  soothe  or  tranquilize;  "valium  has  a 
  tranquilizing  effect";  "took  a  hot  drink  with  sedative 
  properties  before  going  to  bed"  [syn:  {ataractic},  {ataraxic}, 
  {sedative}] 




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