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inquiet

[in-kwahy-uh t]
verb (used with object) Archaic.
  1. to destroy the peace of; disturb; disquiet.
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Origin of inquiet

1375–1425; late Middle English inquieten < Latin inquiētāre. See in-3, quiet1
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Historical Examples

  • I do not inquiet myself for him, not more than he does for me.

    The Lightning Conductor Discovers America

    C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

  • In future it must become a stranger, at least in looks and conversation, to her whom he loved with an inquiet fervour.

  • But one could see that her inquiet hands, which were folded on her lap, had been worn by many a washing-day.

    A Poor Man's House

    Stephen Sydney Reynolds