To quiet, calm (waves, winds, etc.).

Chiefly with reference to the wind. transitive. To make calm, to lull.

transitive. Chiefly literary. To make (an inanimate thing, as the elements) tranquil or calm; to cause (a storm, wind, etc.) to abate or subside…

transitive. To cause to subside; to pacify, appease. Obsolete.

poetic. To level, calm (stormy waves); to allay (a storm). Cf. Latin sternere aequor.

transitive. To bring to a state of comparative quiescence (winds, sea, etc.).