becalm

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Adrienne," said M. Baleinier, in a voice full of the softest unction, "becalm--it is all over now.

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  1. transitive verb To render motionless for lack of wind: "Across the harbor, a small sailing skiff, becalmed near some reeds, caught the breeze again” (Horace Freeland Judson).
  2. transitive verb To make calm or still; soothe.

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  • I do not think it would becalm me to watch owls, while wearing night-vision goggles, in the depths of the forest. —  Hooting Yard
  • Macca has used his tiny organ to becalm a child, he claims: —  No Rock And Roll Fun
  • In one report we had an Olympic swimming pool holding a meagre 1000 megalitres - a waist-high depth that would becalm Eamon Sullivan —  Regret the Error
  • Park also worried that constraining the plant to improve on one particular competitive dimension would itself begin to becalm the plant on its journey of improvement. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Adrienne," said M. Baleinier, in a voice full of the softest unction, "becalm--it is all over now. —  The Wandering Jew — Volume 03
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