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  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. 




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