bedaren — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• allay verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• compose verb To make up or form the parts of something.
• placate verb To calm someone down and ease their anger.

Senses

bedaren is used for these senses in English:

• abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
• allay (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• calm down (transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
• compose To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
• placate (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

abate — full definition

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

allay — full definition

1. verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
2. verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
3. verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
4. verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

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