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| whisht [ wisht, hwisht ] or whist [ wist, hwist ] or wheesht [ weesht, hweesht ] |
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call for silence: used to command a person or a group to be silent
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle whisht·ed, present participle whisht·ing, 3rd person present singular whishts) (past and past participle whist·ed, present participle whist·ing, 3rd person present singular whists) (past and past participle wheesht·ed, present participle wheesht·ing, 3rd person present singular wheeshts) |
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be silent: to silence somebody or something, or become or remain silent
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silence: the state or condition of being silent
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| [Mid-16th century. An imitation of the sound made by someone calling for silence] |
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