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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiet \Qui"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quieted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Quieting}.]
1. To stop motion in to still to reduce to a state of rest,
or of silence.
2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to
tranquillize; as to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors
or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. --Shak.
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