What is to abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. Milton called?
slacken — To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. Milton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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