tranquillizing

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He wondered whether lithium could have the same tranquillizing effect on his patients.

From Nature • Aug. 25, 2019

The tranquillizing, satisfying power of art is due to the revelation which art accomplishes of a spiritual harmony which transcends the seeming chaos of instant experience.

From The Enjoyment of Art by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge

He was simply a "benevolent despot," intent upon tranquillizing and rehabilitating that vast eastern province of Cuba by methods of his own devising.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Very: but it's wonderful how, like a tranquillizing spirit, you appeared upon the scene.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

After that demonstration of opposition at the North, but little more was said in debate of the tranquillizing character of the measure.

From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by Bartlett, D. W.