Definition of Tranquilising

1. Adjective. Tending to soothe or tranquilize. "Took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed"


Definition of Tranquilising

1. Verb. (present participle of tranquilise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranquilising

trannies
tranq
tranqed
tranqing
tranqs
tranquil
tranquiler
tranquilest
tranquilise
tranquilised
tranquiliser
tranquilisers
tranquilises
tranquilising (current term)
tranquilities
tranquility
tranquilize
tranquilized
tranquilizer
tranquilizers
tranquilizes
tranquilizing
tranquilizingly
tranquiller
tranquillest
tranquillisation
tranquillise
tranquilliser

Literary usage of Tranquilising

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and Quarterly Record of Christian by James Oswald Dykes, James Stuart Candlish, Hugh Sinclair Paterson, Joseph Samuel Exell (1869)
"The recovery was effected," says Dr Schenkel, " through the tranquilising influence of the personal presence of Jesus, his taking the sick woman kindly by ..."

2. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"decorative ; for the most part it is lacking in that " cool colour and tranquilising line," so distinctive of the work of the fifteenth century. ..."

3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"... have a more tranquilising effect, nothing would be more likely to maintain peace than a notice that the weakest state in Europe in proportion to its ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"... and thus employed, has a very tranquilising effect, and often induces sleep. The heat and pain commonly experienced in sprains are often relieved by the ..."

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