Hypertext Webster Gateway: "becalmed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Becalm \Be*calm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Becalmed} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Becalming}.]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.

Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.
--Philips.

2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the
stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

becalmed
adj : rendered motionless for lack of wind


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