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• past tense form of sedate.
• past participle of sedate.

sedated

American  

[si-dey-tid] / sɪˈdeɪ tɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• nonsedated
  adjective
• oversedated
  adjective
• unsedated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of sedated

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

Example Sentences

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sedated

Fortunately for him, Viking’s river cruises specialize in sedated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Others worry about the invasiveness of a colonoscopy and undergoing anesthesia or are too sick with a chronic disease to be sedated.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

Mishka the Amur tiger was sedated in her habitat and transported to the scanner, where vets were looking for any bone and spinal changes.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Officers searched him and found two emaciated and potentially sedated orange-fronted parakeets — the victims of an alleged botched smuggling attempt — stuffed in his underwear, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Because she was heavily sedated, Pita slept through the lancing and compressing and didn’t come back around until Abuelita Remedios was done wrapping her leg with a pale thin gauze.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall