TRANQUILLISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they tranquillise ... he / she / it tranquillises

Past simple: tranquillised

Past participle: tranquillised

-ing form: tranquillising

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

Example:

The patient must be sedated before the operation

Synonyms:

calm; sedate; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "tranquillise" is one way to...):

affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tranquillise"):

hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize (induce hypnosis in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

tranquilliser (a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make calm or still

Example:

quiet the dragons of worry and fear

Synonyms:

calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "tranquillise" is one way to...):

comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tranquillise"):

lull (calm by deception)

compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)

appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)

assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Credits

Context examples:

Had Sir Thomas applied to his daughter within the first three or four days after Henry Crawford's leaving Mansfield, before her feelings were at all tranquillised, before she had given up every hope of him, or absolutely resolved on enduring his rival, her answer might have been different; but after another three or four days, when there was no return, no letter, no message, no symptom of a softened heart, no hope of advantage from separation, her mind became cool enough to seek all the comfort that pride and self revenge could give.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)