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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Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Whist :: Whist (v. t.) To hush or silence.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..
Clum :: Clum (interj.) Silence; hush.
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.
Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Silenced :: Silenced (imp. & p. p.) of Silenc.
Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as noise; to silence..
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..
Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..
Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..
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..
Muse :: Muse (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
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..
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..
Dumb :: Dumb (v. t.) To put to silence.
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..
Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
Still :: Still (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight..
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