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quieten

verb/ˈkwaɪ.ə.tən/

What It Means

To make quiet.

To become quiet.

quieten down please, the speaker is going to start.

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Quieten in Context

“Take deep, deep breaths and quieten your mind while you contemplate what has been revealed within my latest journallings to you.”

— 2013, Dianne Pegler, The Sacred Order of the Magi, page 149

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From quiet + -en (verbal suffix).

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