tranquilize

== English == === Alternative forms === tranquillize, tranquilise, tranquillise === Etymology === From Middle French tranquiliser. Analyzable as tranquil +‎ -ize. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/, /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/ Hyphenation: tran‧quil‧ize === Verb === tranquilize (third-person singular simple present tranquilizes, present participle tranquilizing, simple past and past participle tranquilized) (transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart. Synonyms: dart, sedate (transitive, now literary) To make (something or someone) tranquil. Synonyms: appease, calm, pacify 1779, Frances Burney, Evelina, Dublin: Price, Corcoran et al., Volume 2, Letter 14, p. 87,[4] […] with words of sweetest kindness and consolation, he soothed and tranquilised me. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To become tranquil. Synonyms: calm down, relax (transitive) To dart (a person or animal) with a sedative ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== == Portuguese == === Verb === tranquilize inflection of tranquilizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative