SLAKE, verb transitive To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire.
SLAKE, verb intransitive
1. To go out; to become extinct.
2. To grow less tense. [a mistake for slack.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.