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silencing
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Silencing
(gcide) | 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.
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Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle.
--Shak.
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2. To put to rest; to quiet.
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This would silence all further opposition.
--Clarendon.
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These would have silenced their scruples. --Rogers.
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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.
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The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was
silenced for nonconformity. --B. Trumbull.
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4. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as,
to silence the batteries of an enemy.
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Silencing
(gcide) | 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.
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Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle.
--Shak.
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2. To put to rest; to quiet.
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This would silence all further opposition.
--Clarendon.
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These would have silenced their scruples. --Rogers.
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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.
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The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was
silenced for nonconformity. --B. Trumbull.
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4. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as,
to silence the batteries of an enemy.
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