stilled

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stilled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Still \Still\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stilling.] [AS. stillan, from stille still, quiet, firm.
     See Still, a.]
     1. To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet,
        or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to
        still the raging sea.
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              He having a full sway over the water, had power to
              still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb
              it.                                   --Woodward.
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     2. To stop, as noise; to silence.
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              With his name the mothers still their babies.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or
        excitement; as, to still the passions. --Shak.
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              Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet
              impulse in me.                        --Hawthorne.
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     Syn: To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue;
          suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
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