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be·calm
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bɪˈkɑm
/
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verb (used with object)
1.
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a
calm
:
The schooner was becalmed in the horse latitudes for two weeks.
2.
Archaic.
to
calm
; pacify.
Origin:
1550–60;
be-
+
calm
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Word Origin & History
becalm
1550s, from
be-
+
calm
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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