Definition of silence

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Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

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Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
Stillroom :: Stillness (n.) Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.
Clum :: Clum (interj.) Silence; hush.
Stillness :: Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..
Whist :: Whist (v. t.) To hush or silence.
Silence :: Silence (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence..
Silence :: Silence (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.
Rest :: Rest (n.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc..
Silentiary :: Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy..
Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..
Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..
Frown :: Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence..
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