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silence

SI'LENCE, n. [L. silentium, from sileo, to be still.]

1. In a general sense, stillness, or entire absence of sound or noise; as the silence of midnight.

2. In animals, the state of holding the peace; forbearance of speech in man, or of noise in other animals. I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even from good. Ps 39.

3. Habitual taciturnity; opposed to loquacity.

4. Secrecy. These things were transacted in silence.

5. Stillness; calmness; quiet; cessation of rage, agitation or tumult; as the elements reduced to silence.

6. Absence of mention; oblivion, Eternal silence be their doom. And what most merits fame, in silence hid.

7. Silence, in used elliptically for let there be silence, an injunction to keep silence.

SI'LENCE, v. t.

1. To oblige to hold the peace; to restrain from noise or speaking.

2. To still; to quiet; to restrain; to appease. This would silence all further opposition. These would have silenced their scruples.

3. To stop; as, to silence complaints or clamor.

4. To still; to cause to cease firing; as, to silence guns or a battery.

5. To restrain from preaching by revoking a license to preach; as, to silence a minister of the gospel. The Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Chelmsford in Essex, was silenced for non-conformity.

6. To put an end to; to cause to cease. The question between agriculture and commerce has received a decision which has silenced the rivalships between them.


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SI'LENCE, n. [L. silentium, from sileo, to be still.]

1. In a general sense, stillness, or entire absence of sound or noise; as the silence of midnight.

2. In animals, the state of holding the peace; forbearance of speech in man, or of noise in other animals. I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even from good. Ps 39.

3. Habitual taciturnity; opposed to loquacity.

4. Secrecy. These things were transacted in silence.

5. Stillness; calmness; quiet; cessation of rage, agitation or tumult; as the elements reduced to silence.

6. Absence of mention; oblivion, Eternal silence be their doom. And what most merits fame, in silence hid.

7. Silence, in used elliptically for let there be silence, an injunction to keep silence.

SI'LENCE, v. t.

1. To oblige to hold the peace; to restrain from noise or speaking.

2. To still; to quiet; to restrain; to appease. This would silence all further opposition. These would have silenced their scruples.

3. To stop; as, to silence complaints or clamor.

4. To still; to cause to cease firing; as, to silence guns or a battery.

5. To restrain from preaching by revoking a license to preach; as, to silence a minister of the gospel. The Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Chelmsford in Essex, was silenced for non-conformity.

6. To put an end to; to cause to cease. The question between agriculture and commerce has received a decision which has silenced the rivalships between them.

SI'LENCE, n. [Fr. from L. silentium; from sileo, to be still; It. silenzio; Sp. silencio. The sense is to stop or hold; but this may proceed from setting, throwing down. See Sill.]

  1. In a general sense, stillness, or entire absence of sound or noise; as, the silence of midnight.
  2. In animals, the state of holding the peace; forbearance of speech in man, or of noise in other animals. I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even from good. – Ps. xxxix.
  3. Habitual taciturnity; opposed to loquacity. – Shak.
  4. Secrecy. These things were transacted in silence.
  5. Stillness; calmness; quiet; cessation of rage, agitation or tumult; as, the elements reduced to silence.
  6. Absence of mention; oblivion. Eternal silence be their doom. – Milton. And what most merits fame, in silence hid. – Milton.
  7. Silence, is used elliptically for let there be silence, an injunction to keep silence.

SILENCE, v.t.

  1. To oblige to hold the peace; to restrain from noise or speaking.
  2. To still; to quiet; to restrain; to appease. This would silence all further opposition. – Clarendon. These would have silenced their scruples. – Rogers.
  3. To stop; as, to silence complaints or clamor.
  4. To still; to cause to cease firing; as, to silence guns or a battery.
  5. To restrain from preaching by revoking a license to preach; as, to silence a minister of the Gospel. – United States. The Rev. Thomas Booker, of Chelmsford in Essex, was silenced for non-conformity. – B. Trumbull.
  6. To put an end to; to cause to cease. The question between agriculture and commerce has received a decision which has silenced the rivalships between them. – Hamilton.

Si"lence
  1. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

    I saw and heared; for such a numerous host
    Fled not in silence through the frighted deep.     Milton.

  2. Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.

    Shak.
  3. To compel to silence] to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

    Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle. Shak.

  4. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
  5. To put to rest; to quiet.

    This would silence all further opposition. Clarendon.

    These would have silenced their scruples. Rogers.

  6. Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.

    The administration itself keeps a profound silence. D. Webster.

  7. 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.

    The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was silenced for nonconformity. B. Trumbull.

  8. The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
  9. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
  10. Absence of mention; oblivion.

    And what most merits fame, in silence hid. Milton.

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Silence

SI'LENCE, noun [Latin silentium, from sileo, to be still.]

1. In a general sense, stillness, or entire absence of sound or noise; as the silence of midnight.

2. In animals, the state of holding the peace; forbearance of speech in man, or of noise in other animals. I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even from good. Psalms 39:2.

3. Habitual taciturnity; opposed to loquacity.

4. Secrecy. These things were transacted in silence

5. Stillness; calmness; quiet; cessation of rage, agitation or tumult; as the elements reduced to silence

6. Absence of mention; oblivion, Eternal silence be their doom. And what most merits fame, in silence hid.

7. silence in used elliptically for let there be silence an injunction to keep silence

SI'LENCE, verb transitive

1. To oblige to hold the peace; to restrain from noise or speaking.

2. To still; to quiet; to restrain; to appease. This would silence all further opposition. These would have silenced their scruples.

3. To stop; as, to silence complaints or clamor.

4. To still; to cause to cease firing; as, to silence guns or a battery.

5. To restrain from preaching by revoking a license to preach; as, to silence a minister of the gospel. The Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Chelmsford in Essex, was silenced for non-conformity.

6. To put an end to; to cause to cease. The question between agriculture and commerce has received a decision which has silenced the rivalships between them.

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1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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