Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Still (-s)
still (-s), v. [OE 'to make or become still, to soothe, calm, to temper, moderate, tune, to walk with measured noiseless steps'; see still, adj.] (webplay: noise).
- Appease; assuage; placate; satiate; silence.
- Occupy; engage; busy; captivate; engross.
- Suspend; efface; disperse; dissolve; evanesce; cause to disappear; make to vanish.
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