Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tranquillizing"
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.
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