BECALM

steady, calm, becalm

(verb) make steady; “steady yourself”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

becalm (third-person singular simple present becalms, present participle becalming, simple past and past participle becalmed)

(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.

(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).

Anagrams

• beclam, malbec

Source: Wiktionary

Be*calm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Becalmed (p. pr. & vb. n. Becalming.]

1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease. Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. Philips.

2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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