transitive. To make quiet, quieten (a person, thing, etc.); to soothe, to pacify.

(a) transitive. To reduce to silence, to hush. (b) intransitive. To be silent.

transitive. To silence, put to silence, hush.

transitive. To put to silence, to hush. Obsolete.

intransitive and transitive. = whist, v.1

transitive. To still, to hush.

transitive. To cause (an animal or object) to stop making a noise; to still, quieten.

transitive. To put to silence, silence, hush.

transitive. To silence (a person). Obsolete. rare.