inquiet

American  

[in-kwahy-uht] / ɪnˈkwaɪ ət /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

1. to destroy the peace of; disturb; disquiet.

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Etymology

Origin of inquiet

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

The vague inquiet began to deepen into serious misgiving.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

"I fancied it was something like that," Lucinda commented, unsuspiciously enough but in a thoughtful tone open to misconstruction by an inquiet conscience.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph

Where the powers of the mind are vigorous but unoccupied; where there exist a restless craving, an inquiet mobility, yet without any definite purpose or commensurate object, there is ennui.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

That was it, something rich and strange, like some old cloister into which one might turn from an inquiet and hubbubby street ...

From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald