Dictionary entry

Quiet (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Qui″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Quieted; p. pr. & vb. n.Quieting.] 1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.

2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.

Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. Shak.