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Definition of Tranquillize
1. Verb. Make calm or still. "The performance is likely to tranquillize Sue"; "Quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
Specialized synonyms: Lull, Compose, Appease, Assuage, Conciliate, Gentle, Gruntle, Lenify, Mollify, Pacify, Placate, Assure, Reassure
Generic synonyms: Comfort, Console, Solace, Soothe
Antonyms: Agitate
Derivative terms: Lull, Quiet, Still, Tranquilizer
2. Verb. Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
Generic synonyms: Affect
Specialized synonyms: Hypnotise, Hypnotize, Mesmerise, Mesmerize
Derivative terms: Calm, Sedation, Sedative, Tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, Tranquillizer
Antonyms: Stimulate
Definition of Tranquillize
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of tranquilize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tranquillize
1. [v -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranquillize
Literary usage of Tranquillize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"... the consciousness of all India being speedily subjected to their rapacious
hands, by no means tended to reconcile, or to tranquillize the public mind. ..."
2. The Scottish chiefs. Revised by Jane Porter (1862)
"... uttered with augmented fervour by the aged petitioner :— people gave their
response, all tended to tranquillize his mind into л huly calm. ..."
3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"АР-PEASE, v. To satisfy, to content ; -ER. to pacify, bring or restore to
peace -ABLE.* or quiet; to quiet, to calm, to -MENT.t assuage, to tranquillize. ..."
4. Tour in England, Ireland, and France: In the Years 1826, 1827, 1828, and by Hermann Pückler-Muskau (1833)
"... for my sake, and tranquillize your mind as much as you can by the aid of that
wondrous self-controling strength with which the Creator has endowed it. ..."
5. The History of the Late Grand Insurrection, Or, Struggle for Liberty in Ireland by Alexander Stephens (1805)
"... and the regrets of equal rights; to soften the discordance of religious
differences, and tranquillize the irritated phrenzy of popular discontents. ..."
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