Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to silence
Participle: silenced
Gerund: silencing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | silence |
| you | silence |
| he;she;it | silences |
| we | silence |
| you | silence |
| they | silence |
Perfect
| I | have silenced |
| you | have silenced |
| he;she;it | has silenced |
| we | have silenced |
| you | have silenced |
| they | have silenced |
Past
| I | silenced |
| you | silenced |
| he;she;it | silenced |
| we | silenced |
| you | silenced |
| they | silenced |
Pluperfect
| I | had silenced |
| you | had silenced |
| he;she;it | had silenced |
| we | had silenced |
| you | had silenced |
| they | had silenced |
Future
| I | will silence |
| you | will silence |
| he;she;it | will silence |
| we | will silence |
| you | will silence |
| they | will silence |
Future Perfect
| I | will have silenced |
| you | will have silenced |
| he;she;it | will have silenced |
| we | will have silenced |
| you | will have silenced |
| they | will have silenced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | silence |
| you | silence |
| he;she;it | silence |
| we | silence |
| you | silence |
| they | silence |
Perfect
| I | have silenced |
| you | have silenced |
| he;she;it | have silenced |
| we | have silenced |
| you | have silenced |
| they | have silenced |
Imperfect
| I | silenced |
| you | silenced |
| he;she;it | silenced |
| we | silenced |
| you | silenced |
| they | silenced |
Pluperfect
| I | had silenced |
| you | had silenced |
| he;she;it | had silenced |
| we | had silenced |
| you | had silenced |
| they | had silenced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would silence |
| you | would silence |
| he;she;it | would silence |
| we | would silence |
| you | would silence |
| they | would silence |
Perfect
| I | would have silenced |
| you | would have silenced |
| he;she;it | would have silenced |
| we | would have silenced |
| you | would have silenced |
| they | would have silenced |
Imperative
| you | silence |
| we | Let's silence |
| you | silence |
Verbs conjugated like 'silence'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'silence'
desilence,
licence,
resilence,
science,
slance,
unsilence,
violence,
balance,
blench,
cadence,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes.
Sample Sentences
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Be it as it may, it is certain that the attitude, eye, voice, manner, of the speaker for a moment struck the party below to silence. There is something in boldness and determination that for a time hushes even the rudest nature. Marks was the only one who remained wholly untouched. He was deliberately cocking his pistol, and, in [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Miss Ophelia hastened into the room, and tried to raise and silence her; but in vain.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)