tranquillise


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tranquillise


Past participle: tranquillised
Gerund: tranquillising

Imperative
tranquillise
tranquillise
Present
I tranquillise
you tranquillise
he/she/it tranquillises
we tranquillise
you tranquillise
they tranquillise
Preterite
I tranquillised
you tranquillised
he/she/it tranquillised
we tranquillised
you tranquillised
they tranquillised
Present Continuous
I am tranquillising
you are tranquillising
he/she/it is tranquillising
we are tranquillising
you are tranquillising
they are tranquillising
Present Perfect
I have tranquillised
you have tranquillised
he/she/it has tranquillised
we have tranquillised
you have tranquillised
they have tranquillised
Past Continuous
I was tranquillising
you were tranquillising
he/she/it was tranquillising
we were tranquillising
you were tranquillising
they were tranquillising
Past Perfect
I had tranquillised
you had tranquillised
he/she/it had tranquillised
we had tranquillised
you had tranquillised
they had tranquillised
Future
I will tranquillise
you will tranquillise
he/she/it will tranquillise
we will tranquillise
you will tranquillise
they will tranquillise
Future Perfect
I will have tranquillised
you will have tranquillised
he/she/it will have tranquillised
we will have tranquillised
you will have tranquillised
they will have tranquillised
Future Continuous
I will be tranquillising
you will be tranquillising
he/she/it will be tranquillising
we will be tranquillising
you will be tranquillising
they will be tranquillising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tranquillising
you have been tranquillising
he/she/it has been tranquillising
we have been tranquillising
you have been tranquillising
they have been tranquillising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tranquillising
you will have been tranquillising
he/she/it will have been tranquillising
we will have been tranquillising
you will have been tranquillising
they will have been tranquillising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tranquillising
you had been tranquillising
he/she/it had been tranquillising
we had been tranquillising
you had been tranquillising
they had been tranquillising
Conditional
I would tranquillise
you would tranquillise
he/she/it would tranquillise
we would tranquillise
you would tranquillise
they would tranquillise
Past Conditional
I would have tranquillised
you would have tranquillised
he/she/it would have tranquillised
we would have tranquillised
you would have tranquillised
they would have tranquillised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.tranquillise - make calm or stilltranquillise - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
lull - calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
compose - calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
reassure, assure - cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"
comfort, console, solace, soothe - give moral or emotional strength to
2.tranquillise - cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative totranquillise - cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize - induce hypnosis in
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References in classic literature ?
Here's what may tranquillise every care, and lift the heart to rapture!
The activists contend that there was no effort made to tranquillise T-1 and call it cold-blooded murder.
One wrote: "Why don't they tranquillise the dog and get him somewhere safe, I hope they don't kill it."
Devils_Advocate commented: "And where is there a vet on hand with the required equipment to come out and tranquillise a bull?
A few days later, inspectors were able to track it down and tranquillise it before removing the wire.
The police support helicopter was scrambled and specialist staff from nearby Marwell Zoo were called in to advise and potentially tranquillise the wild animal.
The villagers informed the Range Forest Officer, who immediately deputed a veterinarian to tranquillise the bisons.
The forest officials and the villagers tried to tranquillise the leopard three times but were unsuccessful.
Thousands of motorists were stuck in long queues on Heartlands Parkway, as police waited for a marksman to tranquillise the animal.
My solution is that if the police see a dog wandering the streets, they should catch and tranquillise it and take it to the shelter.