what is sedate
sedate verb [T]. âº to âcause a âperson or âanimal to be very âcalm or go to âsleep by giving them a âdrug: When I âsaw him after the âaccident he was still in âshock and was âheavily sedated. (Definition of sedate from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).