Crossword clues for becalming
becalming
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Becalm \Be*calm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Becalmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Becalming.]
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To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.
--Philips. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of becalm English)
Usage examples of "becalming".
The assistant to the surgeon-superintendent, whether at the behest of his master or by his own decision, came to conclude that the becalming of the vessel and the invasion of the pestilence from the cracks and the bilges, which had in itself a biblical connotation as if one of the plagues upon Egypt, had come about because of the blasphemy of the whores on board.
With the birth of the child Grace developed a philosophy, perhaps a negative one, but nevertheless it had the becalming effect of acceptance.