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slaked |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slake \Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slaked}; p. pr & vb n. {Slaking}.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS sleacian fr sleac slack. See {Slack}, v. & a.] 1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as to slake thirst. ``And slake the heavenly fire.'' --Spenser. It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. --Shak. 2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place to slack; as to slake lime. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slaked adj : allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: {quenched}, {satisfied}]
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