What is to compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush. Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle. Shak called?
silence — To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush. Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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