to restrain, curb, temper, moderate (to control or keep in check) · to rein in, check, bridle (to stop or slow something, by exercising control) · to obtund (to reduce the edge or effects of)
çekim: geçmiş hillinnyt · şimdiki hillitsee · ulaç hillitsevä
köken: hill- + -itä (from the same root as hiljaa and hiljainen). The -ll- is probably by analogy with verbs like hallita and vallita, in which case the original form was *hil(j)itä (hilitä is attested in dialects and older texts).