bequiet

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verb

To make quiet or still; silence; becalm; bestill.

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Meanings

verbbequiet (third-person singular simple present bequiets, present participle bequieting, simple past and past participle bequieted)

present singular third person bequiets · participle present bequieting · participle past bequieted · past bequieted

  1. transitiveTo make quiet or still; silence; becalm; bestill.

    [...] 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.

    1910, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 58, Page, published 1020

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
stifle

Origin

From be- + quiet.

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APA

bequiet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bequiet

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bequiet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bequiet.

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