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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRAN'QUILIZE, v.t. To quiet; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
Religion haunts the imagination of the sinner, instead of tranquilizing his heart.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on]
2: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]

Merriam Webster's

also tranquillize verb (-ized; also -lized; -izing; also -lizing) Date: 1623 transitive verb to make tranquil or calm ; pacify; especially to relieve of mental tension and anxiety by means of drugs intransitive verb 1. to become tranquil ; relax 1 2. to make one tranquil

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tranquilize Tran"quil*ize, Tranquillize Tran"quil*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F. tranquilliser.] To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind. Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify.

Moby Thesaurus

allay, appease, arrange, array, balm, becalm, calm, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cool off, cradle, defuse, deploy, die down, dispose, dulcify, dwindle, ease, ebb, even out, form, gentle, grade, halt, harmonize, hierarchize, hush, lay, lay out, lay the dust, line up, lull, marshal, methodize, molder, mollify, normalize, order, organize, pacify, placate, pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, quell, quiesce, quiet, quieten, rank, regularize, regulate, rest, rock, rock to sleep, routinize, sedate, set up, settle, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, soothe, stabilize, standardize, steady, still, stop, structure, subdue, subside, systematize, wane