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tranquilizing

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋkwɪˌlaɪzɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English tranquilize Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English tranquilizing From tranquilize + -ing.

  1. Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
  2. Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing.

    In a preceding paper I have spoken of an English Sunday in the country, and its tranquilizing effect upon the landscape; but where is its sacred influence more strikingly apparent than in the very heart of that great Babel, London?

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English tranquilize Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English tranquilizing From tranquilize + -ing.

  1. gerund of tranquilize
  2. gerund of tranquilize

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English tranquilize Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English tranquilizing From tranquilize + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of tranquilize