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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Silent \Si"lent\, noun That which is silent; a time of silence. [R.] "The silent of the night." --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Silent \Si"lent\, adjective [L. silens, -entis, p. pr. of silere to be silent; akin to Goth. ana-silan.]
1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
How silent is this town! --Shak.
2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men. --Broome.
This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not silent. --Milton.
3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent. --Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.
4. (Pron.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. [R.]
Cause . . . silent, virtueless, and dead. --Sir W. Raleigh.
{Silent partner}. See {Dormant partner}, under {Dormant}.
Syn: Mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. See {Mute}, and {Taciturn}.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: {silent}, {soundless}, {still}]
2: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" [syn: {mum}, {silent}]
3: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: {silent}, {tacit}, {understood}]
4: not made to sound; "the silent 'h' at the beginning of 'honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded" [syn: {silent}, {unsounded}]
5: having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
6: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: {dumb}, {mute}, {silent}]
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