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Definition of Becalm
1. Verb. Make steady. "Steady yourself"
Definition of Becalm
1. v. t. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
Definition of Becalm
1. Verb. (transitive) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive nautical) To cut off the wind from a ship either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. A ship that is motionless due to the absence of wind is '''becalmed'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Becalm
1. to make calm [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: calm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Becalm
Literary usage of Becalm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The King and the Commons: Cavalier and Puritan Song by Henry Morley (1869)
"TO MUSIC, TO becalm HIS FEVER. HARM me asleep, and melt me so With thy delicious
numbers, That being ravish'd, hence I go Away in easy slumbers. ..."
2. English Lyrics (1890)
"TO MUSIC, TO becalm HIS FEVER. CHARM me asleep, and melt me so With thy delicious
numbers ; That lx;ing ravished, ..."
3. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1912)
"William Collins [1721-1759] TO MUSIC, TO becalm HIS FEVER CHARM me asleep, and
melt me so With thy delicious numbers, That, being ravished, hence I go Away ..."
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