Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slaked"

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

Slake \Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slaking}.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS.
sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See {Slack}, v. & a.]
1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
``And slake the heavenly fire.'' --Spenser.

It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
--Shak.

2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination
shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

slaked
adj : allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn:
{quenched}, {satisfied}]


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