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[1] : The 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.
      1913 webster

            he having a full sway over the water, had power to
            still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb
            it.                                   --woodward.
      1913 webster

   2. to stop, as noise; to silence.
      1913 webster

            with his name the mothers still their babies.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or
      excitement; as, to still the passions. --shak.
      1913 webster

            toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet
            impulse in me.                        --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   syn: to quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue;
        suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
        1913 webster
see also:
stilled stilling still 

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