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silencing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Silence \Si"lence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silenced}; p. pr & vb n. {Silencing}.] 1. To compel to silence; to cause to be still to still to hush. Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle. --Shak. 2. To put to rest; to quiet. This would silence all further opposition. --Clarendon. These would have silenced their scruples. --Rogers. 3. 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. 4. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as to silence the batteries of an enemy.
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