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Tranquilize   /trˈæŋkwəlˌaɪz/   Listen
Tranquilize

verb
(past & past part. tranquilized or tranquillized; pres. part. tranquilizing or tranquillizing)
1.
Make calm or still.  Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquillise, tranquillize.
2.
Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.  Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquillise, tranquillize.



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"Tranquilize" Quotes from Famous Books



... Indian of the plains runs sticks through his anatomy and capers wildly about to torture his body, so some of the creeds delight in torturing their devotees. The Jewish religion is the one best suited to tranquilize the mind; it is very philosophical and rational. Were he to acknowledge Christ, he would not have to change his course of life to become a most exemplary Christian. The celebrated letter of Moses Mendelssohn to the Swiss clergyman, Lavater, in answer to a dedication of the latter to Mendelssohn, ...
— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino

... lull, appease, allay, compose, tranquilize, pacify, becalm; assuage, alleviate, mollify, moderate, relieve. Antonyms: arouse, aggravate, exasperate, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming



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