And what most merits fame, in silence hid.
Milton.
Si"lence, interj. Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be
silence, or keep silence. Shak.
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.