What is to put to rest; to quiet. This would silence all further opposition. Clarendon. These would have silenced their scruples. Rogers called?
silence — To put to rest; to quiet. This would silence all further opposition. Clarendon. These would have silenced their scruples. Rogers. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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