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▪ I. ˈsilencing, vbl. n.
[f. silence v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb in various senses.
1596Nashe Saffron Walden Wks. (Grosart) III. 123 Neuer exceeding a penny a quart, day nor night; and this deare yeare, together with the silencing of his loombes, scarce that. 1635Strafford Lett. (1739) I. 406 This only..hath been my motive for the silencing this Business thus long. 1651Baxter Saints' Rest ii. vi. §4 marg., About the time of the silencing of Ministers. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 607 From that time to his silencing, he was a very zealous person for promoting the cause. 1751J. Brown Ess. Shaftesb. Charac. 62 So much for the silencing, which is the only conviction, of obstinacy and ignorance. 1895Athenæum 31 Aug. 281/2 Very probably there was some partial silencing of the archery on one flank of the English host.
▪ II. ˈsilencing, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That reduces to silence; conclusive.
1800Swanston Serm. & Lect. I. 224 This was a silencing question. 1870Daily Telegr. 6 Oct., It is impossible to give any silencing answer to those pestilent querists. |