Quieten

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quieten
       v 1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
            speaker entered" [syn: {hush}, {quiet}, {quiesce}, {quiet
            down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]
       2: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
          [syn: {calm}, {calm down}, {quiet}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillize},


           {tranquillise}, {lull}, {still}] [ant: {agitate}]
       3: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children
          in the church!" [syn: {hush}, {silence}, {still}, {shut up},
           {hush up}] [ant: {louden}]