SILENCE
\sˈa͡ɪləns], \sˈaɪləns], \s_ˈaɪ_l_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of SILENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"
By Princeton University
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the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
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Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
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Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
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The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
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Absence of mention; oblivion.
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To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
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To put to rest; to quiet.
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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.
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To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
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Be silent; - used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
By Oddity Software
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The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
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Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
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Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
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The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
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Absence of mention; oblivion.
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To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
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To put to rest; to quiet.
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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.
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To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
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Be silent; - used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
By Noah Webster.
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Be silent!.
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The state of being still or mute; absence of sound or noise; stillness; forbearance from, or absence of, mention.
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To cause to be still; to quiet; to take permission to speak away from; cause to cease firing, as hostile guns.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Be silent!.
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State of being silent: absence of sound or speech: muteness: cessation of agitation: calmness: oblivion.
By Daniel Lyons
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Be silent!.
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Stillness or the entire absence of sound; forbearance of speech or noise; habitual taciturnity; secrecy; quiet; absence of mention; oblivion.
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To restrain from noise or speaking; to still; to quiet; to cause to cease firing; to stop; to restrain from preaching; to put an end to.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Entire absence of sound or noise; temporary cessation of speech in man; stillness; quiet.
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To restrain from noise or speaking; to still; to appease; to stop; to put an end to.
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Let there be no speech or noise.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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