tranquillizing
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He wondered whether lithium could have the same tranquillizing effect on his patients.
From Nature ● Aug. 25, 2019
With a view of tranquillizing my mind, every restitution is offered me.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
So far from tranquillizing the Bohemian people, this led to an insurrection of the Hussites in that country, the first of a series of religious wars that inaugurated the break-up of Latin Christendom.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Aunt Claudine, on the other hand, in spite of the difference of years, could be a young person's friend, and Manna felt the tranquillizing effect of this friendship.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
These words of kindness, far from tranquillizing the mind of Theodora, served but to increase its agitation.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
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