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- English Word Sedate Definition Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
- English Word Sedation Definition The act of calming, or the state of being calm.
- English Word Sedative Definition Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
- English Word Sedative Definition allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
- English Word Sedative Definition A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
- English Word Sedent Definition Sitting; inactive; quiet.
- English Word Sedentarily Definition In a sedentary manner.
- English Word Sedentariness Definition Quality of being sedentary.
- English Word Sedentary Definition Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.
- English Word Sedentary Definition Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.
- English Word Sedentary Definition Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
- English Word Sedentary Definition Caused by long sitting.
- English Word Sedentary Definition Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
- English Word Sederunt Definition A sitting, as of a court or other body.
- English Word Sedge Definition Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.
- English Word Sedge Definition A flock of herons.
- English Word Sedged Definition Made or composed of sedge.
- English Word Sedgy Definition Overgrown with sedge.
- English Word Sedilia Definition Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.
- English Word Sediment Definition The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.