the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Smother
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
(2):
(v. t.) A state of suppression.
(3):
(n.) That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
(4):
(v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
(5):
(v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled.
(6):
(v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
(7):
(v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
(8):
(v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Smother'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/smother.html. 1828.
