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

Whist :: Whist (v. t.) To hush or silence.

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

Silence :: Silence (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

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..

Silenced :: Silenced (imp. & p. p.) of Silenc.

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

Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

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

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..

Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..

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

Muse :: Muse (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession..

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..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

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

Silentness :: Silentness (n.) State of being silent; silence.

Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..

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