sedativeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɛdətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈsɛdədɪv/

Forms: Also Middle English sedatyve, cedatyve.

Etymology: < French sédatif adjective and noun, or < medieval Latin sēdātīvus , < Latin sēdāre : see sedation n. and -ive suffix.

A. adj.

a. Medicine. That has the property of allaying, assuaging, or soothing. sedative salt, old name (sal sedativum, Homberg 1702) for boracic acid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] > soothing

sedativec1425

lenitive1543

lenifying1617

demulcing1619

lenient1652

levative1657

levigating1710

demulcent1732

temperating1753

demulcetive1756

soothing1899

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > sedative, narcotic, or hypnotic

stupefactive?a1425

sedativec1425

narcotic1526

opiate1543

narcotical1587

soporiferous1601

hypnotic1625

soporative1629

pacative1664

opiative1674

opiatic1678

thebaic1746

soporific1775

narcotico-acrid1815

depressant1887

opiumy1891

c1425 Arderne's Treat. Fistula 93 Oile roset complete is resolutiue, confortatyue, and conueniently cedatyue of akyng.

c1425 Arderne's Treat. Fistula 94 It is a conuenient resolutyue, and of akyng sedatyue.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Sedative Medicines..are such as have power or vertue to allay and asswage pain.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 36 Mr. Homberg called it Sedative Salt, on account of its medical effects.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 614 Disputes..concerning the stimulant and sedative effects of cold.

1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 492 Morphia..appears to be the principal sedative constituent of opium.

b. transferred and gen.

ΚΠ

a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 60 Against alarm on their politick and military empire these are the writers sedative remedies.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 251 It illustrates the sedative effect of a protracted succession of hazards.

1860 R. W. Emerson Illusions in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 281 Is not our faith in the impenetrability of matter more sedative than narcotics?

B. n.

a. Medicine. A sedative medicine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > sedative

sedative1797

depressant1876

psycholeptic1961

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 99/1 Vinegar..generally acts as a sedative.

1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xl. 258 The sedative had been administered. In fact, they had given me a strong opiate. I was to be held quiet for one night.

1874 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 148 There are certain drugs which are used by practitioners to decrease the activity of the circulation; and it is these which are here considered under the heading of Cardiac Sedatives.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 604 Sedatives such as bromides and valerian..must be administered.

b. transferred and gen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > causing > one who or that which

torpedoa1593

opium1608

opiate1641

reposera1648

sedative1785

torporific1840

1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. (Dublin ed.) I. iii. ii. vii. 298 Reflections..which may be called the sedatives of anger.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xv. 13 The lazy influence of a late and lonely breakfast, with the additional sedative of a newspaper.

1864 C. E. L. Riddell George Geith xxix ‘Beryl's singing always sends me to sleep’. ‘So that I am of some use in the world, if only as a sedative’, replied Beryl.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sedative
释义	sedativeadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɛdətɪv/, U.S. /ˈsɛdədɪv/ Forms: Also Middle English sedatyve, cedatyve. Etymology: < French sédatif adjective and noun, or < medieval Latin sēdātīvus , < Latin sēdāre : see sedation n. and -ive suffix. A. adj. a. Medicine. That has the property of allaying, assuaging, or soothing. sedative salt, old name (sal sedativum, Homberg 1702) for boracic acid. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] > soothing sedativec1425 lenitive1543 lenifying1617 demulcing1619 lenient1652 levative1657 levigating1710 demulcent1732 temperating1753 demulcetive1756 soothing1899 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > sedative, narcotic, or hypnotic stupefactive?a1425 sedativec1425 narcotic1526 opiate1543 narcotical1587 soporiferous1601 hypnotic1625 soporative1629 pacative1664 opiative1674 opiatic1678 thebaic1746 soporific1775 narcotico-acrid1815 depressant1887 opiumy1891 c1425 Arderne's Treat. Fistula 93 Oile roset complete is resolutiue, confortatyue, and conueniently cedatyue of akyng. c1425 Arderne's Treat. Fistula 94 It is a conuenient resolutyue, and of akyng sedatyue. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Sedative Medicines..are such as have power or vertue to allay and asswage pain. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 36 Mr. Homberg called it Sedative Salt, on account of its medical effects. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 614 Disputes..concerning the stimulant and sedative effects of cold. 1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 492 Morphia..appears to be the principal sedative constituent of opium. b. transferred and gen. ΚΠ a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 60 Against alarm on their politick and military empire these are the writers sedative remedies. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 251 It illustrates the sedative effect of a protracted succession of hazards. 1860 R. W. Emerson Illusions in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 281 Is not our faith in the impenetrability of matter more sedative than narcotics? B. n. a. Medicine. A sedative medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > sedative sedative1797 depressant1876 psycholeptic1961 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 99/1 Vinegar..generally acts as a sedative. 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xl. 258 The sedative had been administered. In fact, they had given me a strong opiate. I was to be held quiet for one night. 1874 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 148 There are certain drugs which are used by practitioners to decrease the activity of the circulation; and it is these which are here considered under the heading of Cardiac Sedatives. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 604 Sedatives such as bromides and valerian..must be administered. b. transferred and gen. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > causing > one who or that which torpedoa1593 opium1608 opiate1641 reposera1648 sedative1785 torporific1840 1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. (Dublin ed.) I. iii. ii. vii. 298 Reflections..which may be called the sedatives of anger. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xv. 13 The lazy influence of a late and lonely breakfast, with the additional sedative of a newspaper. 1864 C. E. L. Riddell George Geith xxix ‘Beryl's singing always sends me to sleep’. ‘So that I am of some use in the world, if only as a sedative’, replied Beryl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1425
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