tacit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tacit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tacit adj implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" Synonym(s): silent, tacit, understood
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tacit \Tac"it\, a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. [thorn]ahan to be silent, Icel. [thorn]egja, OHG. dag[c7]n: cf. F. tacite. Cf. {Reticent}.] Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. -- {Tac"itly}, adv. The tacit* and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts. --Jer. Taylor.