Bestill
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make quiet or still; calm; pacify. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English bistillen, bystillen (“to silence”), equivalent to be- + still. Perhaps and alteration of earlier Middle English istillen, ȝestillen (“to make still, calm”), from Old English ġestillan (“to calm, quieten, pacify, stop”).
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