Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUI'ET, v.t.

1. To stop motion; to still; to reduce to a state of rest; as, to quiet corporeal motion. – Locke.
2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to tranquilize; as, to quiet the soul when agitated; to quiet the passions; to quiet the clamors of a nation; to quiet the disorders of a city or town.
3. To allay; to suppress; as, to quiet pain or grief.