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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to soothe or tranquilize;
- Example: "valium has a tranquilizing effect"
- Example: "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed"
[syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tranquilizingor 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify. [1913 Webster] Tranquilizer
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tranquillizing adj 1: tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed" [syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising]