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  • 1SILENCE — Il semble impossible de parler de ce qui est absence ou abolition de toute parole. Le silence se présente comme le point zéro à partir duquel s’inaugure tout langage, sans qu’on y puisse faire retour. Pour reprendre une terminologie empruntée à… …

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  • 2silence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of sound Nouns 1. silence; stillness, quiet, peace, hush; inaudibility. 2. (reluctance or inability to speak) muteness, dumbness, aphony, voicelessness; taciturnity, reticence; deadness, dullness …

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  • 3Silence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Silence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 silence silence Sgm: N 1 stillness stillness &c.(quiet) 265 Sgm: N 1 peace peace hush lull Sgm: N 1 muteness muteness &c. 581 Sgm: N …

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  • 4silence — Synonyms and related words: answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle up, brain, brevity, briefness, bring down, brusqueness, burn to death, calm, calmness, censor, choke, choke …

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  • 5silence — I. n. 1. Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm, peace. 2. Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness. 3. Oblivion, obscurity. 4. Secrecy. II. v. a. 1. Still, hush, put to silence. 2. Allay, quiet, calm, put to rest, put …

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  • 6silence — n. & v. n. 1 absence of sound. 2 abstinence from speech or noise. 3 the avoidance of mentioning a thing, betraying a secret, etc. 4 oblivion; the state of not being mentioned. v.tr. make silent, esp. by coercion or superior argument. Phrases and… …

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  • 7Silence Dogood — was a false persona used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published. Contents 1 History 2 Letters 1 2 Dogood s background 3 References 4 Exte …

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  • 8Silence — Si lence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silencing}.] 1. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush. [1913 Webster] Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To put to rest; to… …

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  • 9silence — [sī′ləns] n. [OFr < L silentium < silens: see SILENT] 1. the state or fact of keeping silent; a refraining from speech or from making noise 2. absence of any sound or noise; stillness 3. a withholding of knowledge or omission of mention [to …

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  • 10put down — [v1] write into record enter, inscribe, jot down, log, record, set down, take down, transcribe, write down; concept 79 Ant. erase, extract put down [v2] subdue annihilate, crush, defeat, dismiss, extinguish, quash*, quell, reject, repress,… …

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