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Webster 1913 Edition


Quiesce

Qui-esce′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quiesced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Quiescing
.]
[L.
quiescere
, akin to
quies
rest, quiet. See
Quiet
,
Adj.
&
Noun.
]
To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
M. Stuart.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quiesce

QUIESCE

,
Verb.
I.
quiess'. [L. quiesco.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.

Definition 2024


quiesce

quiesce

English

Verb

quiesce (third-person singular simple present quiesces, present participle quiescing, simple past and past participle quiesced)

  1. Become quiet or quieter.
  2. To make temporarily inactive or disabled.

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Latin

Verb

quiēsce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of quiēscō