Bequiet

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make quiet or still; silence; becalm; bestill. transitive

    "[...] that has formed almost without observation on the arena, begins chanting, in regular Gregorian mood, a metrical version of the story ; and this calls back the audience to itself, and, imperceptibly, at last soothes and bequiets it again."

Synonyms

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make silentstifle

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"[...] that has formed almost without observation on the arena, begins chanting, in regular Gregorian mood, a metrical version of the story ; and this calls back the audience to itself, and, imperceptibly, at last soothes and bequiets it again."

Etymology

From be- + quiet.

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