I. se ‧ date 1 /sɪˈdeɪt/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of sedare 'to make calm' ]
1 . calm, serious, and formal:
a sedate seaside town
The wedding was rather a sedate occasion.
2 . formal moving slowly and calmly:
We continued our walk at a sedate pace.
—sedately adverb
II. sedate 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive often passive]
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: sedative ]
to give someone drugs to make them calm or to make them sleep:
He was still in shock, and heavily sedated.