3. An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
Syn. — Protection; defense; guard; shelter; safety; certainty; ease; assurance; carelessness; confidence; surety; pledge; bail.
SEDAN Se*dan", n. Etym: [Said to be named from Sedan, in France, where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into England in the time of King Charles I.]
Defn: A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, — usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
SEDATE Se*date", a. Etym: [L. sedatus, p. p. of sedare, sedatum, to allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit. See Sit.]
Defn: Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. I. Watts. Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. Wordsworth.
Syn.
— Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene;
unruffled; undisturbed; conteplative; sober; serious.
— Se*date"ly, adv.
— Se*date"ness, n.
SEDATION
Se*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. sedatio.]
Defn: The act of calming, or the state of being calm. [R.] Coles.
SEDATIVE
Sed"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sédatif.]