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  2  definitions  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stilling  \Still"ing\,  n.  [Cf.  LG  stelling,  G.  stellen  to  set 
  to  place.] 
  A  stillion.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.]




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