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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Slake

Slāke, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SLAKED (slākt); p. pr. & vb. n. SLAKING.] [Fries. slücke, slöcke, slūke, Dan. slukke, Sw. släcka, Icel. slökva; allied to slack, q. v.]

Sense 1. To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. “And slake the heavenly fire.” Spenser.

It would not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. Shak.

Sense 2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

Slāke, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. “His flame did slake.” Browne. 2. To abate; to become less decided. [Rare.] He overfloweth Mesopotamia when the sun is in the 20th degree of Cancer, and begins again to diminish and slake when the sun is past Leo. Holland.