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Meaning of quieten

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  quieten
      v 1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
           speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiet},
           {quiesce}, {quiet down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]
      2: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
         [syn: {calm}, {calm down}, {quiet}, {tranquilize},
         {tranquillize}, {tranquillise}, {quieten}, {lull}, {still}]
         [ant: {agitate}, {charge}, {charge up}, {commove}, {excite},
         {rouse}, {turn on}]
      3: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children
         in the church!" [syn: {hush}, {quieten}, {silence}, {still},
         {shut up}, {hush up}] [ant: {louden}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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