Definition of silence

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

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Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
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..
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
Still :: Still (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight..
Silence :: Silence (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence..
Stillness :: Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Tacit :: Tacit (a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection..
Silence :: Silence (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
Whist :: Whist (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Respectuous :: Respectuous (a.) Respectful; as, a respectuous silence..
Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep 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..
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..
Clum :: Clum (interj.) Silence; hush.
Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as noise; to silence..
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..
Hist :: Hist (interj.) Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
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