单词 | to put silence to |
释义 | > as lemmasto put silence to a. to put silence to and variants: to refute, confound, or disprove completely; to defeat in argument; to prohibit or prevent from speaking. Now somewhat rare. [Originally after post-classical Latin silentium imponere (Vulgate).] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > reduce to silence by restraint to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 silence1553 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence to put silence toc1384 to stop (one's own or another's) mouthc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 mumc1475 stillc1540 to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth)1601 obacerate1656 bouche1721 to shut up1814 to pipe down1926 to button (a person's) lip (also mouth)1968 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking > by prohibition to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 silence1553 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxii. 34 Pharisees, heerynge that he hadde put silence to [L. silentium inposuisset] Saducees. 1496 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 36 The saidis Lordis puttis cylence to the sade Maister David..in this mater..[under pain of] bannising. 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Heir I put sylence to the in all pairtis. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 155 I know writing Books of Trade..puts a silence unto the whole History, be it never so good. 1690 W. S. Clear Declar. of Resurrection of Dead in Two. Disc. 177 From henceforth, Lord, I will put silence to this wicked Tongue of mine, which hath been so great an Instrument of Impiety. 1712 Spectator No. 450. I recover'd 15000 Pounds, which made me Amends for what she had idly squander'd, and put Silence to all my Neighbours. 2016 JonathanRod_7 11 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Nov. 2019) Well I hope this 4th title in 7 years puts silence to those disgruntled and invalid statements against this great program. < as lemmas |
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