Definition of quiet

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

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Dead :: Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter..
Grinder :: Grinder (n.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like..
Contented :: Contented (a.) Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.
Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..
Lull :: Lull (v. t.) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy..
Peace :: Peace (v.) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law..
Quieted :: Quieted (imp. & p. p.) of Quie.
Requietory :: Requietory (n.) A sepulcher.
Sackless :: Sackless (a.) Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.
Quietage :: Quietage (n.) Quietness.
Calm :: Calm (n.) To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds..
Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse..
Sopite :: Sopite (v. t.) To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.
Recompose :: Recompose (v. t.) To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind..
Disquieted :: Disquieted (imp. & p. p.) of Disquie.
Stickle :: Stickle (v. t.) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants..
Accoy :: Accoy (v. t.) To render quiet; to soothe.
Dismay :: Dismay (v. i.) To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
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