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Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.

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  1. a. Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
  2. adj. characterized by dignity and propriety
  3. adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
  4. v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
  5. 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; conteplative; sober; serious. -- Se*date"ly, adv. -- Se*date"ness, n.
  6. Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; notpassionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, ortemper.Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temperwhich is so necessary to contemplate truth. I. Watts.Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. Wordsworth.
  7. j:56/v:44 v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to s. characterized by dignity and propriety