tranquillizing

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

From Nature • Aug. 25, 2019

Then, like a tranquillizing moon, would her image, as she was more in his thoughts than in his sight, lay itself upon his dreaming soul, and so much was enough.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

I am never unoccupied, and time passes away in an easy, steady flow, which is very tranquillizing and soothing to me.

From A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

In small and repeated doses henbane has been found to have a tranquillizing effect upon persons affected by severe nervous irritability.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

For some time we walked along without speaking; the silence of the night, the fragrant air, the mellow light, were all soft and tranquillizing influences, and we sank each into his own reflections.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James