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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Becalm \Be*calm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Becalmed} (?); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Becalming}.]
     1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
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              Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.


                                                    --Philips.
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     2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the
        stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
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