sedare

sedare [CL] 1 to cause to subside, to quell, calm: a (natural phenomenon); b (human phenomenon). a victis adversitatibus ‥ ~atisque fluctuum voluminibus Bede Mark 196D; almam / Eadberhtus renovat sedato turbine pacem Id. CuthbV 809; ~atis fluctibus marine tempestatis Abbo QG 1 (3); ~atis omnimodo bellorum incendiis et valida tempestate persecutionis Id. Edm. 13; ventos et mare imperio ~avit Gosc. Aug. Maj. 61C.  b ~ato fragore quem laus ejus suscitaverat ‥ pontifex ait W. Malm. GP I 53. 2 to relieve, alleviate, mitigate, allay: a to reduce (swelling). b to slake (thirst). c to relieve (illness); d (other human condition). e to resolve, settle, quell (dispute or sim.). f to resolve, settle, deal with (business). a totam vim veneni grassantis, totum inflati corporis absumsisse ac ~asse tumorem Bede HE I 1; ~ato oculi tumore Canon. G. Sempr. f. 145.  b ab eo ‥ fervore accensi sitim hanc ad ~andam ardenti cum desiderio Theod. Pen. pref.; sitim rivo ~ant Gros. Hexaem. proem. 33; potum ‥ petiit ut pueri sitem ~aret (Lasrianus 19) VSH II 135; c1430 quousque ‥ sitim ~averat [MS: cedaverat] in calice Babylonis Reg. Whet. II 472.  c valitudine ~ata, vel potius morte dilata W. Malm. GP I 68.  d superba ejus praesumptio ad ~andam populi petentis pertinaciam praedicitur Bede Sam. 565C; quaeque poterat pro ~ando miseri furore agebat Id. HE III 11; an temperantia non est quae ‥ omnes animi impetus ~at et temperat? Alcuin Rhet. 46; carnalium desideriorum impetus primitus impingentes ‥ ~avere Willib. Bonif. 2; inevitabile Parcarum odium / nullius cernuum sedat obsequium Walt. Wimb. Sim. 180; virtus habet ~are passiones, non excitare Ockham Quodl. 179.  e sapientium est ~are [AS: settan] factionem (Quad.) GAS 189; ut pauculis verbis controversie ambiguitatem ~aret W. Malm. GP I 40; adventu ‥ subito tanta seditione ~ata Gir. EH II 3; 1318 nisi ‥ commocio hujusmodi cedari poterit FormOx 38; 1322 StatOx 124 (v. 3 briga); c1346 cedare discordiam et pacis vinculum reformare Lit. Cant. II 280.  f Veneti ‥ Guiscardum, propter que venerat ~atis, transfretare volentem aggressi W. Malm. GR III 262. 3 to calm, settle; b (animal); c (character, behaviour). 802 venientes [fratres], quantum potuerunt ‥ ~averunt tumultum Alcuin Ep. 249; adhuc non ~atis animis W. Malm. GR II 161; ~atum noviter regnum Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 7; fratres ‥ ~avit sollertia et ratione, qui aliquantulum turbati fuerant in ejus electione Ord. Vit. III 12 p. 127; Petrus ‥ vix ~ato populo dixit ut, si viveret, surgeret Hon. Spec. Eccl. 975C.  b quomodo vaccas ~are poterimus? (Aiduus 22) VSH II 301.  c infirmitas ‥ dum morem ~at, dum charitatem inflammat Pull. Sent. 752A. 4 (p. ppl. as comp. adv.) more calmly. se vel ~atius vel ferventius ‥ exerceat Ailr. Spec. Car. III 34. 608B.