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Is sedate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sedate is a Scrabble US word. The word sedate is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1E1D2A1T1E1

Is sedate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sedate is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1E1D2A1T1E1

Is sedate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sedate is a Words With Friends word. The word sedate is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (5 found)

EASTED,SEATED,SEDATE,TEADES,TEASED,

5-letter words (16 found)

AEDES,DATES,DEETS,EASED,SATED,SETAE,STADE,STEAD,STEDE,STEED,TASED,TEADE,TEADS,TEAED,TEASE,TSADE,

4-letter words (24 found)

ATES,DAES,DATE,DEES,DEET,EASE,EAST,EATS,ETAS,SADE,SATE,SEAT,SEED,SETA,STED,TADS,TAED,TAES,TASE,TEAD,TEAS,TEDS,TEED,TEES,

3-letter words (25 found)

ADS,ATE,ATS,DAE,DAS,DEE,EAS,EAT,EDS,EST,ETA,SAD,SAE,SAT,SEA,SED,SEE,SET,TAD,TAE,TAS,TEA,TED,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AE,AS,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,ES,ET,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from sedate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sedate

sedate

Etymology

From Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare (“to settle”), causative of sedere (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sɪˈdeɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /səˈdeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Adjective

sedate (comparative more sedate or sedater, superlative most sedate or sedatest)

  1. (of a person or their behaviour) Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.
    Synonyms: placid, staid, unruffled
  2. (of an object, particularly a building) Not overly ornate or showy.
    Synonym: unobtrusive
    Antonym: obtrusive

Derived terms

  • sedately
  • sedateness

Translations

Verb

sedate (third-person singular simple present sedates, present participle sedating, simple past and past participle sedated)

  1. To calm or put (a person) to sleep using a sedative drug.
    Synonym: tranquilize
  2. To make tranquil.
    Synonyms: calm, soothe, tranquilize

Related terms

  • resedate
  • sedation
  • sedative

Translations

Further reading

  • “sedate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “sedate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “sedate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • e-dates, seated, steade, teades, teased

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

sedate

  1. inflection of sedare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

sedate f pl

  1. feminine plural of sedato

Latin

Verb

sēdāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of sēdō

References

  • “sedate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sedate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sedate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

sedate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of sedar combined with te

Source: wiktionary.org