bestill

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bestill

Rhymes with -ɪl

Where it comes from

From Middle English bistillen, bystillen (“to silence”), equivalent to be- + still. Perhaps and alteration of earlier Middle English istillen, ȝestillen (“to make still, calm”), from Old English ġestillan (“to calm, quieten, pacify, stop”).

verb bestills · bestilling · bestilled

  1. transitive To make quiet or still; calm; pacify.

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