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| sedative [ séddətiv ] |
noun (plural sedatives) |
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drug inducing sedation: a drug or other agent that induces sedation
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inducing sedation: inducing sedation, especially by means of a tranquillizing drug
 a sedative effect
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| [15th century. Directly or via French< medieval Latin sedativus< Latin sedatus (see sedate1)] |
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