make tranquil

  • 1tranquilize — also tranquillize verb ( ized; also lized; izing; also lizing) Date: 1623 transitive verb to make tranquil or calm ; pacify; especially to relieve of mental tension and anxiety by means of drugs intransitive verb 1 …

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  • 2tranquillise — verb 1. make calm or still quiet the dragons of worry and fear • Syn: ↑calm, ↑calm down, ↑quiet, ↑tranquilize, ↑tranquillize, ↑quieten, ↑lull, ↑still …

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  • 3quiet — quiet1 quieter, n. quietly, adv. quietness, n. /kwuy it/, adj., quieter, quietest, v. adj. 1. making no noise or sound, esp. no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors. 2. free, or comparatively free, from noise: a quiet street …

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  • 4quiet — /ˈkwaɪət / (say kwuyuht) noun 1. freedom from disturbance or tumult; tranquillity; rest; repose: to live in quiet. 2. peace; peaceful condition of affairs. –adjective 3. making no disturbance or trouble; not turbulent; peaceable. 4. free from… …

  • 5tran|quil|ize — «TRANG kwuh lyz, TRAN », verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make calm, peaceful, or quiet; make tranquil; calm; soothe: »Although “The Maltese Falcon” at long last settled Huston professionally, it did not tranquilize his personal life (Newsweek).… …

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  • 6tranquillise — [c]/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ (say trangkwuhluyz) verb (tranquillised, tranquillising) –verb (t) 1. to make tranquil. –verb (i) 2. to become tranquil. Also, tranquillize; US, tranquilize. –tranquillisation /ˌtræŋkwəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (say .trangkwuhluy zayshuhn),… …

  • 7compose — v 1. synthesize, combine, consolidate, put together, throw together, mix up, whip up; produce, form, make, manufacture, construct, erect, build; forge, fashion, fabricate, mold, form, weave. 2. constitute, comprise, make up, go into the making of …

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  • 8becalm — v. a. 1. Quiet, soothe, still, calm, tranquillize, pacify, appease, make calm, make tranquil. 2. Detain by a calm (as a ship), affect, overtake, or surround by a calm …

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  • 9quiet — I qui•et [[t]ˈkwaɪ ɪt[/t]] adj. et•er, et•est, v. 1) making little or no noise or sound: quiet neighbors[/ex] 2) free or comparatively free from noise: a quiet street[/ex] 3) silent: Be quiet![/ex] 4) restrained in speech or manner: a quiet… …

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  • 10tranquilize — tran·quil·ize or chiefly Brit tran·quil·lize or tran·quil·lise traŋ kwə .līz, tran vt, ized or chiefly Brit lized or lised; iz·ing or chiefly Brit liz·ing or lis·ing to make tranquil or calm esp to relieve of mental tension and anxiety by means… …

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