Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sedative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sedative \Sed"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]datif.]
Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically
(Med.), allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sedative \Sed"a*tive\, n. (Med.)
A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and
irritative activity or pain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sedative
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},
{tranquilizing}, {tranquilising}]
n : a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn: {sedative
drug}, {depressant}, {downer}]
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