different between quieten vs consopite

quieten

English

Etymology

From quiet +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kwa?.?.t?n/

Verb

quieten (third-person singular simple present quietens, present participle quietening, simple past and past participle quietened)

  1. (transitive) To make quiet.
  2. (intransitive) To become quiet.

Usage notes

  • Not very common in US English, where the verb quiet is often preferred.

Translations

Anagrams

  • queen it

Spanish

Verb

quieten

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of quietar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of quietar.
  3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of quietar.

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consopite

English

Etymology

Latin c?ns?p?tus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?ns?pa?t/

Verb

consopite (third-person singular simple present consopites, present participle consopiting, simple past and past participle consopited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To lull to sleep; to quieten; to compose.
    • 1653, Henry More, Conjectura Cabbalistica
      The operations of the masculine faculties of the soul were, for a while, well slaked and consopited.

Anagrams

  • octopines

Latin

Verb

c?ns?p?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?ns?pi?

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