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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..

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

Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.

Interference :: Interference (n.) The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Mum :: Mum (n.) Silence.

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

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

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

Stillroom :: Stillness (n.) Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.

Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.

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

Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

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..

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

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