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  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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