Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.
--Philips.
[1913 Webster]
2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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