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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) becalm
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it.

2. becalm
to calm.

Etymology: (1550–60)

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1. (verb) steady, calm, becalm
make steady
"steady yourself"

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Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) becalm
to render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease

2. (verb) becalm
to keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed

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