Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put to sleep; set at rest; quiet; silence; specifically, in Scots law, to quash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
put to sleep ; toquiet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He urged that the quarrel was common to them, and that Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to both, which he had done in his case by an honourable meeting, and in that of Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
Waverley 2004
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He urged that the quarrel was common to them, and that Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, _vite_ giving satisfaction to both, which he had done in his case by an honourable meeting, and in that of Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
The Waverley 1877
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He urged that the quarrel was common to them, and that Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to both, which he had done in his case by an honourable meeting, and in that of Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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He urged that the quarrel was common to them, and that Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to both, which he had done in his case by an honourable meeting, and in that of Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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He urged that the quarrel was common to them, and that Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to both, which he had done in his case by an honourable meeting, and in that of Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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He began to bethink himself, “That if Ravenswood was to have a distinguished place of power and trust, and if such a union would sopite the heavier part of his unadjusted claims, there might be worse matches for his daughter Lucy: the Master might be reponed against the attainder.
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"That if Ravenswood was to have a distinguished place of power and trust, and if such a union would sopite the heavier part of his unadjusted claims, there might be worse matches for his daughter Lucy: the Master might be reponed against the attainder.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
she commented on the word sopite
v., To put or lull to sleep; to render drowsy, dull, or inactive.
August 9, 2008