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   quiet down
         v 1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
               speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiet},
               {quiesce}, {quiet down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]

English Dictionary: quiet down by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quieten
v
  1. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
    Synonym(s): quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
    Antonym(s): louden
  2. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
    Synonym(s): calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
    Antonym(s): agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
  3. cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
    Synonym(s): hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
    Antonym(s): louden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quite an
adv
  1. of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"
    Synonym(s): quite, quite a, quite an
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quiddany \Quid"da*ny\, n. [L. cydoneum quince juice, quince
      wine. See {Quince}.]
      A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and
      marmalade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quotum \Quo"tum\, n. [NL., fr. L. quotus of what number. See
      {Quota}.]
      Part or proportion; quota. [R.] [bd]A very small quotum.[b8]
      --Max M[81]ller.
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