sedative

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Her misery, made by her own thoughts, left her, as a headache leaves a sufferer when a sedative has been administered.

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  1. adjective Having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect; reducing or relieving anxiety, stress, irritability, or excitement.
  2. noun An agent or a drug having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, from Latin sēdātus, past participle of sēdāre, to calm; see sedate1.

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  1. from Old French sedatif, French sédatif = Spanish Portuguese Italian sedativo, from New Latin *sedativus, from Latin sedare, past participle sedatus, compose: see sedate.
 

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