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• ܫܰܠܝܳܐ
• ܫܬ݂ܶܩ
• ܫܶܬ݂ܩܳܐ
• Aposiopesis; or Sudden-Silence
• ἐπιστομίζω
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• אָלַם , אָלַם
• דוּמָּה
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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. Psalms 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, 5 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.