Both Uses of
stifle
in
The Aeneid
- The wrathful god then plunges from above, And, where in thickest waves the sparkles drove, There lights; and wades thro' fumes, and gropes his way, Half sing'd, half stifled, till he grasps his prey.†
Book 8
- 'T was heard, the vain request; Alcides mourn'd, and stifled sighs within his breast.†
Book 10 *
Definition:
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(stifle as in: stifling the urge) to suppress (prevent something or decrease its development) -- often political freedom