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Bible Dictionaries
Silence
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
(3):
(v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
(4):
(v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.
(5):
(n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
(6):
(interj.) Be silent; - used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
(7):
(n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.
(8):
(n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
(9):
(n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
(10):
(n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Silence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/silence.html. 1828.
