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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..

Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

Mum :: Mum (n.) Silence.

Stillness :: Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

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

Taciturnity :: Taciturnity (n.) Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking..

Respectuous :: Respectuous (a.) Respectful; as, a respectuous silence..

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..

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

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

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

Silence :: Silence (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence..

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

Silentiary :: Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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