Associations to the word «Tranquillize»

Wiktionary

TRANQUILLIZE, verb. Alternative spelling of tranquilize

Dictionary definition

TRANQUILLIZE, verb. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear".
TRANQUILLIZE, verb. Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats