v. Obs. [f. late L. acquiētā-re to put at rest; f. ac- = ad- to + quiētā-re to QUIET.] To set at rest, quiet or pacify.
1548. Ld. Somerset, Epist. to Scots, 244. Is it not better to compose & acquiete al this calamitie and trouble by mariage?
1577. trans. Bullinger, Decades (1592), 666. They may acquiet themselues, and rest from their laboures.
1613. Sir A. Sherley, Trav. to Persia, 86. No fauour, grace, nor benefits from your Maiesty, can acquiet his mind.
