Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To render quiet; compose; set at rest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To quiet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To quiet.

Etymologies

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Late Latin acquietare; Latin ad + quies ("rest"). See quiet and compare acquit

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