'Quiesce' definitions:

Definition of 'quiesce'

From: WordNet
verb
Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" [syn: quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down] [ant: louden]

Definition of 'Quiesce'

From: GCIDE
  • Quiesce \Qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiescing.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. --M. Stuart. [1913 Webster] Quiescence

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