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still(5) (iou)



still verb1. Now literary.
[Old English stillan = Old Saxon (gi)stillian trans., stillon intrans., Old High German stillen trans., stillen intrans., Old Norse stilla, from base of the adjective.]
verb trans. Make still or motionless; stop the motion or activity of; quiet, calm; subdue, allay; silence (a sound, (long rare) a person). Formerly also, soothe, lull, pacify. OE.
A. E. Stevenson We are..grateful that the guns are stilled. S. Wynter Hugh stole mangoes..to still their hunger. E. Welty The bartender stilled his cloth on the bar. G. Sayer He tried to still the incessant chatter. M. Spufford Pain..powerful enough to still me into immobility.
verb intrans. Become still or calm. OE.
M. Keane The air had stilled and frozen.
stiller noun1 E17.