acquiet

Late Latin acquietare; Latin ad + quies (“rest”). See quiet and compare acquit

acquiet (third-person singular simple present acquiets, present participle acquieting, simple past and past participle acquieted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
   • 1613, Anthony Sherley, Sir Antony Sherley, His Relation of His Travels in Persia, page 86:

     […] can acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace, tranquillity and security of your state and person.

• acquiet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• acquite