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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tranquillize .
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Examples
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'Tis at such times that the heart spontaneously unbends itself -- that the fancy tranquillizes its thoughts -- and that memory awakens her
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 Various
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It tranquillizes me, even now, to recall the rustic bridge, where I have often stood (it seems to me for hours) and gazed at the gentle stream, as it murmured over the log that lay half-imbedded in the sand, and watched the never-ceasing motion of the graceful water lilies which arched the stream below.
A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless
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Those, however, over whose nerves it spreads only a delightful calm, whose feelings it tranquillizes, and in whom it produces an habitual state of reverie, are those who should be upon their guard lest the drug to which in suffering they owe so much should become in time the direst of curses.
The Opium Habit Horace B. Day
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Our celestial dynasty soothes and tranquillizes the central and foreign lands, and our favor flows most wide.
Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 Various 1840
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In the common harassing trials and vexations of life, there is seldom any mixture of that joy which soothes and tranquillizes the mind under severer trials.
Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor 1832
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It consoles and strengthens the wounded heart, and tranquillizes the most stormy passions.
The Mother's Book 1831
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Then the ant eats the sugary substance that tranquillizes the ant and the assassin has an easy meal.
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Then the ant eats the sugary substance that tranquillizes the ant and the assassin has an easy meal.
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Then the ant eats the sugary substance that tranquillizes the ant and the assassin has an easy meal.
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Then the ant eats the sugary substance that tranquillizes the ant and the assassin has an easy meal.
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