LekhoriLekhoriTo cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise.
The absence of sound; quietness.
There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.
The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
Be quiet.
Quiet! The children are sleeping.
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- ...
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The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.
The King & his Nobles thinke they may ſleepe in quiet, Now they haue giuen vs a little holy water at the Court, But thers no ſuch matter, we be no ſuch fooles, To be bobd out with words and after come to hanging: […]