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Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.

Silent :: Silent (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..

Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..

Acquiesce :: Acquiesce (v. i.) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to..

Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy..

Dumb :: Dumb (v. t.) To put to silence.

Meal :: Meal (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel..

Whist :: Whist (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

Still :: Still (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight..

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

Hist :: Hist (interj.) Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

Tacit :: Tacit (a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection..

Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.

Outtongue :: Outtongue (v. t.) To silence by talk, clamor, or noise..

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..

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