sedated

[si-dey-tid]

adjective

1. mentally calmed or in a state of lowered physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.

   A small, flexible tube is slipped into the mouth of the sedated patient, all the way down into the top of the small intestine.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of sedate.

Other Word Forms

• nonsedated adjective
• oversedated adjective
• unsedated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sedated¹

First recorded in 1940–45; sedate + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; sedate + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

The eels are sedated using clove oil so that Dr Evans and his PhD student group can easily measure them.

From BBC

He was sedated and unconscious in hospital for three weeks, and continues to need specialist treatment.

From BBC

Julie from Yorkshire said she would "never come to terms" with the way her mother had passed away - sedated and alone.

From BBC

He sedated the cat, cleaned out the wound and stitched it up at a cost of £93.19.

From BBC

Wilson was sedated so heavily, Landy charged, that onstage he couldn’t even remember the words to some of his songs.

From Los Angeles Times