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Definition of Quietens
1. quieten [v] - See also: quieten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quietens
Literary usage of Quietens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"Strength and might are the two most dear forms of the sound vasat; verily with
them he quietens it. iii. 6. In* that he offers to Agni first of the deities, ..."
2. The Clinical Journal (1901)
"The reason this mixture is so useful is, I think, simply that the bromide quietens
the nervous system down, whilst salicylate tends to remove the waste ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1903)
"... is a calming of the elements in his mouth which inevitably precedes speech,
just as a locomotive engine quietens down when it really means to start. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1903)
"... is a calming of the elements in his mouth which inevitably precedes speech,
just as a locomotive engine quietens down when it really means to start. ..."
5. Methods of social reform and other papers: And Other Papers by William Stanley Jevons (1883)
"... who quietens its cries for warmth and nourishment with repeated doses of
laudanum, in the form of ' Godfrey's Cordial,' or some similar farrago; ..."
6. Methods of social reform and other papers: And Other Papers by William Stanley Jevons (1883)
"... who quietens its cries for warmth and nourishment with repeated doses of
laudanum, in the form of ' Godfrey's Cordial,' or some similar farrago; ..."
7. Methods of social reform and other papers by William Stanley Jevons (1883)
"... who quietens its cries for warmth and nourishment with repeated doses of
laudanum, in the form of ' Godfrey's Cordial,' or some similar farrago; ..."
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