bestillv.

/bɪˈstɪl/

Etymology: < be- prefix 2 + still v.¹In the following the quartos and modern editions read distilled; but it may belong to this with the sense ‘made motionless, stiffened, congealed.’a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. ii. 204 Whilst they bestil'd [1603 distilled, 1604 distil'd] Almost to Jelly with the Act of feare, Stand dumbe and speake not.

transitive. To make quiet, to still, to hush.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > make quiet or tranquil [verb (transitive)]

still1300

peasec1350

accoya1375

coyc1374

lullc1386

quiet1423

acquieta1535

calm1559

becalm1613

compose1615

slumber1622

unruffle1629

quieten1759

bestill1760

quietize1791

peace1864

1760 J. Cunningham Poet. Ess. 5 Commerce——Bestill'd her many-nation'd Tongue.

1770 J. Armstrong Imitations Shaks. 80 Each brook that wont to prattle to its banks Lies all bestilled.

1871 G. MacDonald Wks. Fancy & Imagination II. 107 The solemn looks, the awful place, Bestill the mother's joy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	bestill
释义	bestillv. /bɪˈstɪl/ Etymology: < be- prefix 2 + still v.¹In the following the quartos and modern editions read distilled; but it may belong to this with the sense ‘made motionless, stiffened, congealed.’a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. ii. 204 Whilst they bestil'd [1603 distilled, 1604 distil'd] Almost to Jelly with the Act of feare, Stand dumbe and speake not. transitive. To make quiet, to still, to hush. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > make quiet or tranquil [verb (transitive)] still1300 peasec1350 accoya1375 coyc1374 lullc1386 quiet1423 acquieta1535 calm1559 becalm1613 compose1615 slumber1622 unruffle1629 quieten1759 bestill1760 quietize1791 peace1864 1760 J. Cunningham Poet. Ess. 5 Commerce——Bestill'd her many-nation'd Tongue. 1770 J. Armstrong Imitations Shaks. 80 Each brook that wont to prattle to its banks Lies all bestilled. 1871 G. MacDonald Wks. Fancy & Imagination II. 107 The solemn looks, the awful place, Bestill the mother's joy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1760
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