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bestill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bestill
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make quiet or still; calm; pacify.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English bistillen, bystillen (“to silence”), equivalent to be- + still. Perhaps and alteration of earlier Middle English istillen, ȝestillen (“to make still, calm”), from Old English ġestillan (“to calm, quieten, pacify, stop”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: be
  • Root: bistillen, istillen, ġestillan

Usage

Inflected Forms

bestills (present, singular) bestilling (participle, present) bestilled (participle, past) bestilled (past)

Rhymes With

will with a will still until bill kill we'll hill till ill fill brazil

Questions

What does bestill mean?
To make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
Where does bestill come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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