| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | se·date |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -d t |
| ADJECTIVE: | Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner. See synonyms at serious. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin s dtus, past participle of sdre, to settle, calm. See sed- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | se·dately —ADVERB
se·dateness —NOUN
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