bedaren — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• allay verb To make a strong feeling, such as fear or worry, calmer or less severe.
• 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 a strong feeling, such as fear or worry, calmer or less severe.
2. verb To make something unpleasant less severe.
3. verb To die down and become calm again.
4. verb To combine a metal with a less valuable one, lowering its quality.

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