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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slaked
adj
  1. allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue"
    Synonym(s): quenched, satisfied, slaked
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slake \Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slaking}.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS.
      sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See {Slack}, v. & a.]
      1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
            [bd]And slake the heavenly fire.[b8] --Spenser.
  
                     It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination
            shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
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