v. t. [ LL. acquietare; L. ad + quies rest. See Quiet and cf. Acquit. ] To quiet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Ps. xlii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. Sir W. Scott.
n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ It ] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to disquiet. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a disquiet manner; uneasily;
n. State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [ R. ] Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Causing uneasiness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. inquietare: cf. F. inquieter. See Quiet. ] To disquiet. [ Obs. ] Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. inquietatio : cf. F. inquielation. ] Disturbance. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Unquietness. [ Obs. ] Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. inquietudo: cf. F. inquietude. ] Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Too much quietness. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. Judg. xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
That son, who on the quiet state of man
Such trouble brought. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will sit as quiet as a lamb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. quies, -etis. See Quiet, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
At quiet,
In quiet,
Out of quiet,
v. t.
Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down;
n. Quietness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, quiets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. quiétisme. ]
n. [ Cf. F. quiétiste. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
n. The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness. [ 1913 Webster ]
I would have peace and quietness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Calm; still. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. quietudo: cf. F. quiétude. ] Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a. ] Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. [ 1913 Webster ]
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. requietorium, fr. requiescere, requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce. ] A sepulcher. [ Obs. ] Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + quiet. ] To disquiet. [ Obs. ] Ld. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- + quiet. ] Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed. --
n. Uneasiness; inquietude. [ 1913 Webster ]
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