tranquillize

British  

/ ˈtræŋkwɪˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make or become calm or calmer

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Other Word Forms

• tranquillization
  noun

Example Sentences

In common with Kapadia’s last movie, “Senna,” a race through the life and lap times of the Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna, there is no narrator to link the images and tranquillize the mood.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 1, 2015

I stop not, for I arrive; let thy preoccupation get calmed: 28.5 tranquillize thy heart: prepare not privations for him who offerest himself to eat.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

Whether the influence was merely magnetic, he did not inquire, but felt comforted by the assurance that his presence had power to tranquillize her.

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

Hideyoshi, all resistance to his rule being now at an end, set himself to tranquillize and develop Japan.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

With those blest guardians, Giles his course pursues, Till numbering his heavy-sided ewes, Surrounding stilness tranquillize his breast, And shape the dreams that wait his hours of rest.

From Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed by Taylor, Joseph