bestill
bestill verb: to make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
Verb
bestill (third-person singular simple present bestills, present participle bestilling, simple past and past participle bestilled)
bestill meaning in Bengali
bestill in Bengali
- শান্ত, স্থির করা, শান্ত করা
Forms of bestill
| third-person singular present | bestills |
|---|---|
| present participle | bestilling |
| past participle | bestilled |
| past | bestilled |
Origin of bestill
From Middle English bistillen, bystillen (“to silence”), equivalent to be- + still. Perhaps and alteration of earlier Middle English istillen, ȝestillen (“to make still, calm”), from Old English ġestillan (“to calm, quieten, pacify, stop”).
Words that rhyme with bestill
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- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
Questions about bestill
- What does bestill mean?
- Bestill means to make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
- What is bestill in Bengali?
- Bestill in Bengali is শান্ত, স্থির করা, শান্ত করা. See Bestill meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is bestill?
- Bestill is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bestill?
- The past tense of bestill is bestilled.
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