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stilled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He having a full sway over the water, had power to still and compose it as well as to move and disturb it --Woodward. 2. To stop, as noise; to silence. With his name the mothers still their babies. --Shak. 3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as to still the passions. --Shak. Toil that would at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me --Hawthorne. Syn: To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue; suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
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